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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOmar Mateen was the shooter's name. From Pt. St. Lucie, FL, and
Last edited Sun Jun 12, 2016, 08:05 PM - Edit history (2)
a US citizen. Hate crime? Domestic terrorism? Sounds like it. CBS News.
Edit to add my apologies for spelling his name wrong. I realized it almost immediately but then my ISP went down in central FL.
Rose Siding
(32,623 posts)Barack_America
(28,876 posts)Since my alert didn't go through.
Response to babylonsister (Original post)
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melman
(7,681 posts)Not Martine.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)CBS News reports that authorities are leaning towards Islamic terrorism as a motive.
http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/12/orlando-nightclub-shooting/
BumRushDaShow
(128,844 posts)boston bean
(36,221 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)This is really bad in many ways.
maryellen99
(3,788 posts)I think if it was a white straight club he would but the fact that it was a gay club-Not so much.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)@realDonaldTrump
Really bad shooting in Orlando. Police investigating possible terrorism. Many people dead and wounded.
I suspect his next one will be more like what I was talking about.
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blackspade
(10,056 posts)Fla_Democrat
(2,547 posts)http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/12/orlando-nightclub-shooting/
The line of attack will be that he was.... an anchor baby.
The fact that he was under the radar for 30 years will only show how sneaky sleeper cells can be.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)It will be sickening but it will hit hot buttons with many RWingers.
maryellen99
(3,788 posts)They hate both Muslims and Gays.
DCBob
(24,689 posts)maryellen99
(3,788 posts)DCBob
(24,689 posts)I dont think the Trump or GOP leaders will.
maryellen99
(3,788 posts)He doesn't have an inner filter. I expect Palin to.
FLPanhandle
(7,107 posts)However, it's still unknown if he killed in the name of Islam or there was another motivation.
yardwork
(61,588 posts)malaise
(268,930 posts)boston bean
(36,221 posts)Omar Mateen is the name.
yardwork
(61,588 posts)You are spreading misinformation.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)at least put in the effort to spell it correctly.
BumRushDaShow
(128,844 posts)who believes that his son may have done this after being angered by "2 men kissing" in downtown Miami a couple months ago.
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Typical.
BumRushDaShow
(128,844 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)It can be a religiously motivated terrorist hate crime. It being a hate crime does not mean that hate had no genesis. Sorry.
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)Many hate crimes have a religious motive. Some hate crimes are also acts of terrorism.
FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)Dylann Roofs Past Reveals Trouble at Home and School
By FRANCES ROBLES and NIKITA STEWART - JULY 16, 2015
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He floated in and out of jobs, took drugs and drank, had run-ins with the police, began reading white supremacist websites and, in the months before the massacre, boasted of wanting to start a race war, friends and investigators say.
~ snip ~
Mr. Robinson-Heyward, who is black, said he saw little evidence of bigotry in the young Dylann. To me, in the seventh grade, he saw black just as he saw white, you know, said Mr. Robinson-Heyward, 20, who works in a funeral parlor and helped prepare for burial the bodies of two of the shooting victims.
~ snip ~
Several of Mr. Roofs friends said he often complained that his father put him to work landscaping. Even in his youth, Mr. Roof began to exhibit a greater interest in smoking grass than cutting it. At 13, his mother caught him spending $50 he had earned landscaping on marijuana, Ms. Konzny said.
~ snip ~
Lucy was visibly upset. She kept saying, Were so sorry, we are so sorry, said Ms. Devine, who is African-American. They said they were going to stay prayed up and ask the Lord to help them through this. From what I know of them, their grief was sincere.
~ snip ~
BumRushDaShow
(128,844 posts)Religion has been used for all sorts of hate. My ancestors were dragged here thanks to a religion that talked about a "Curse of Ham" and other nonsense.
The main point being that the media and LOE tend to obfuscate hate crimes by blaming certain religions being at fault for all the ills of the world, but won't apply it to others.
The argument rages today whether the below was religious-based terrorism that perpetuated hate crimes against certain groups -
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt
Lizzie Poppet
(10,164 posts)FFS...
auntpurl
(4,311 posts)But it had already been alerted and was allowed to stand. I hate misinformation being spread when such an important news story is breaking.
pintobean
(18,101 posts)Jeez.
B2G
(9,766 posts)babylonsister
(171,056 posts)B2G
(9,766 posts)You must have TWC.
babylonsister
(171,056 posts)portion of central FL was out; I know someone 15 miles away who also lost it. No idea why.
B2G
(9,766 posts)It's been a tense day. Glad you're back.
philosslayer
(3,076 posts)If your name was Omar Martine, this thread will show up on search results
pintobean
(18,101 posts)Only an idiot would misidentify a live person for this dead killer.
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)Unpossible!
yardwork
(61,588 posts)It's irresponsible to post such a headline and not check back.
yardwork
(61,588 posts)Since the OP has not been able to correct the headline, the hosts could lock it.
boston bean
(36,221 posts)pintobean
(18,101 posts)We don't need them assuming more power than they already have. I trust that most of them have no desire to do this.
Renew Deal
(81,855 posts)DawgHouse
(4,019 posts)It may seem like a minor thing, unless your name is Omar Martine!
pintobean
(18,101 posts)for a dead mass murderer?
PoliticAverse
(26,366 posts)babylonsister
(171,056 posts)went down as soon as I posted this so could not correct.
still_one
(92,136 posts)attention to the spelling
sorry
herding cats
(19,564 posts)It was an accident, and we all make those.