Omar Mateen was the shooter's name. From Pt. St. Lucie, FL, and

[babylonsister]

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]

1. "Orlando authorities said they consider the violence an act of domestic terror."

from here-

http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/12/us/orlando-nightclub-shooting/index.html

[Barack_America]

35. MATEEN, MATEEN, MATEEN...not Martine.

Since my alert didn't go through.

[melman]

3. Omar Mateen is the name

Not Martine.

[pintobean]

4. "born to Afghan parents"

Law enforcement sources told CBS News the gunman has been identified as Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen from Port St. Lucie. Mateen was born to Afghan parents in 1986.

CBS News reports that authorities are “leaning towards Islamic terrorism” as a motive.

http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2016/06/12/orlando-nightclub-shooting/

[BumRushDaShow]

5. WAPO link

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/06/12/orlando-nightclub-shooting-about-20-dead-in-domestic-terror-incident-at-gay-club/

[boston bean]

6. Please change the name to the correct name... Mateen, NOT Martine.

[DCBob]

7. US Citizen but Trump will use this to defend his xenophobic ideas.

This is really bad in many ways.

[maryellen99]

8. Like Trump and his followers give 2 shits about gay people nt

I think if it was a white straight club he would but the fact that it was a gay club-Not so much.

[DCBob]

10. He's already tweeted about it in a general way..

Donald J. TrumpVerified account
?@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.

[blackspade]

25. That is some xenophobic bullshit.

[Fla_Democrat]

9. Of course..... US Citizen.....

the gunman has been identified as Omar Mateen, a U.S. citizen from Port St. Lucie. Mateen was born to Afghan parents in 1986.

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]

12. Yep.. that is what I am expecting.

It will be sickening but it will hit hot buttons with many RWingers.

[maryellen99]

13. RWers are in a conundrum with this one

They hate both Muslims and Gays.

[DCBob]

19. True.. but I suspect they will exploit the Muslim stuff and bite the bullet on the other.

[maryellen99]

21. Also get to ready to hear "they deserved it because they were gay"

[DCBob]

23. Ugh.. yeah some will say that no doubt.

I dont think the Trump or GOP leaders will.

[maryellen99]

24. It's already happening...and don't count out Trump saying something homophobic either

He doesn't have an inner filter. I expect Palin to.

[uponit7771]

32. +1

[FLPanhandle]

11. It would be Islamic terrorism from a domestic source.

However, it's still unknown if he killed in the name of Islam or there was another motivation.

[yardwork]

14. Please correct the name in your OP.

[malaise]

16. born in New York in 1989 n/t

[boston bean]

17. You are wrong about the shooters name. Please correct this!

Omar Mateen is the name.

[yardwork]

18. CORRECT THE NAME IN YOUR OP. THIS IS REALLY IRRESPONSIBLE.

You are spreading misinformation.

[PoliticAverse]

20. I miss the unrec. If you are going to post the alleged shooter's name...

at least put in the effort to spell it correctly.

[BumRushDaShow]

22. MSNBC just read a statement from the shooter's father

who believes that his son may have done this after being angered by "2 men kissing" in downtown Miami a couple months ago.

[Bluenorthwest]

26. So he's blaming the LGBT community for existing, not his hateful son and the things he taught him.

Typical.

[BumRushDaShow]

30. It's a hate crime regardless.

[Bluenorthwest]

31. Many anti gay hate crimes are motivated by the attacker's religious bias. It is not one or the other

It can be a religiously motivated terrorist hate crime. It being a hate crime does not mean that hate had no genesis. Sorry.

[uponit7771]

33. Dylann Roof was a devout Christian

[Bluenorthwest]

38. As I said, many hate crimes are motivated by the attacker's religion. It's just a fact.

Many hate crimes have a religious motive. Some hate crimes are also acts of terrorism.

[FrodosPet]

56. Sorta. Devout might not be the best description

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/17/us/charleston-shooting-dylann-roof-troubled-past.html?_r=0

Dylann Roof’s Past Reveals Trouble at Home and School

By FRANCES ROBLES and NIKITA STEWART - JULY 16, 2015

~ snip ~

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. Roof’s 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, ‘We’re 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]

36. In America

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]

27. Is your misreporting of his name intentional?

nt

[Lizzie Poppet]

28. Correct your damn headline.

FFS...

[auntpurl]

34. I alerted to have the thread closed because of the misinformation.

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]

37. You alerted on a spelling error?

Jeez.

[B2G]

39. Well if your name was Omar Martine, you'd want it fixed. nt

[babylonsister]

52. I totally agree and am very sorry. nt

[B2G]

53. No worries

You must have TWC.

[babylonsister]

54. Brighthouse. A good-sized

portion of central FL was out; I know someone 15 miles away who also lost it. No idea why.

[B2G]

58. Well don't sweat it

It's been a tense day. Glad you're back.

[philosslayer]

40. Yes, and I did too

If your name was Omar Martine, this thread will show up on search results

[pintobean]

47. The shooter is dead.

Only an idiot would misidentify a live person for this dead killer.

[PoliticAverse]

49. New to the Internet? n/t

[FrodosPet]

57. Idiots on the Internet?

Unpossible!

[yardwork]

41. It's a hell of a lot more than a spelling error.

It's irresponsible to post such a headline and not check back.

[yardwork]

42. I alerted to the forum hosts. This is an exceptional situation.

Since the OP has not been able to correct the headline, the hosts could lock it.

[boston bean]

43. So didn't I. I think they can lock it up.

[pintobean]

45. That's outside of their responsibilities.

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]

29. That's not his name. It's Omar Mateen

[DawgHouse]

44. Admins or Hosts - can you correct the name in the OP?

It may seem like a minor thing, unless your name is Omar Martine!

[pintobean]

46. Ya think someone might mistake a live person

for a dead mass murderer?

[PoliticAverse]

48. An alert failed 1-6. n/t

[babylonsister]

50. APOLOGIES for spelling his name wrong; my ISP

went down as soon as I posted this so could not correct.

[still_one]

51. A few posts was all that was necessary. This piling on garbage wasn't really needed to call your

attention to the spelling

sorry

[herding cats]

55. Don't worry.

It was an accident, and we all make those.