Orlando Shooter’s Wife Reportedly Knew Of His Plans For Attack
Source: Huffington Post
The wife of Orlando gunman Omar Mateen said she knew her husband was planning an attack, multiple outlets reported Tuesday, citing anonymous law enforcement officials. She may now face charges.
Noor Salman Mateen, the gunmans second wife, told the FBI that she was aware of his plan for a mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida, but didnt notify authorities, according to local TV station WFTV. She said that she tried to discourage her husband from carrying out the attack, NBC News reported.
Authorities are considering criminal charges against Noor Mateen, according to ABC News.
Omar Mateen killed 49 people and injured another 53 at the nightclub early Sunday morning. He died in a shootout with police.
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Archae
(46,369 posts)She was probably terrified of the asshole.
eastwestdem
(1,220 posts)King_Klonopin
(1,307 posts)snooper2
(30,151 posts)based on early evidence though she will be sitting behind bars
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)Maybe you can be on the jury, get a chance to pepper spray her.
Some people just don't get enough of other people's misery.
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)jtuck004
(15,882 posts)of her abuse so you could stomp on her neck?
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)be stopped?
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)cowards by you if they don't live up to your standards.
Tell you what. This conversation makes me want to go take a shower. Go talk with someone else.
snooper2
(30,151 posts)Maybe she was the type of fundie that did exactly what he wanted and he admired her for it...
You really should quit making things up around here. Your cred is WAY low dude....
roamer65
(36,747 posts)If her husband were still alive, not as much. But with him dead, all focus will be on her.
MariaThinks
(2,495 posts)some guy
(3,448 posts)because we must have a scapegoat!
But not the NRA or the politicians they own, or any part of the security state (the agencies we "traded" our freedoms for so we'd be safe from harm.)
Hurray that someone who will be easily villified and punished has been found.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)She should not be the target of any criminal process simply because she did not turn him in.
Plus, spousal privilege applies in any case.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spousal_privilege
christx30
(6,241 posts)she's an accessory, she can be charged for that.
Xipe Totec
(43,892 posts)christx30
(6,241 posts)went with him to get ammo. She did help him, even while she was begging him not to do it. And she could have, at any time, anonymously called the police to report what he was doing. She didn't do it.
ButterflyBlood
(12,644 posts)That's the big exception to all "privileges".
totodeinhere
(13,059 posts)i don't think so. Spousal privileged or not she should have spoken out to prevent 49 murders.
I'm talking wrong or right here. Spousal privilege may protect her from arrest, but it won't protect her from my outrage.
ButterflyBlood
(12,644 posts)It only prevents someone from being forced to testify against their spouse. It does not mean that they are free to not report it if they know that the person is going to a commit a crime. Same with attorney-client privilege and doctor-patient privilege. If the other party learns that the person is going to commit a new crime, they're not only permitted to break that privilege: they're legally required to.
cstanleytech
(26,347 posts)" Two further scenarios apply to defeat the attachment of the spousal communications privilege: if the confidential communication was made in order to plan or commit crime or fraud, or if a defendant-spouse wishes, in a criminal trial, to testify in their own defense, about a confidential marital communication. In these five cases, a court will not allow either spouse to assert the privilege to block the testimony."
In other words if she knew then she should have contacted law enforcement.
Mind you thats only "if" she knew but as far as I am concerned its just a rumor until its actually confirmed.
ProudToBeBlueInRhody
(16,399 posts)Not a difficult concept.
riversedge
(70,407 posts)Just saw this tweet. Anyone know if true??
GottaLaff @GottaLaff 2h2 hours ago
Fox: Fed prosecutors convened grand jury to investig wife of Orlando shooter, seek to charge as an accessory to murder & attempted murder,
63splitwindow
(2,657 posts)McKim
(2,412 posts)This is a reality reminder that a lot of women are in jail in this country because they were living with someone who sold marijuana!
She did something far worse!
David__77
(23,598 posts)...
Behind the Aegis
(54,038 posts)I think maybe the FBI should also investigate any unsolved anti-gay hate crimes in the area.