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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsOrlando Killer visited Pulse club a dozen times before shooting, witnesses say
At least four regular customers of Pulse, the nightclub where the massacre took place, said Monday that they believe they had seen Mateen there before.
"Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself, and other times he would get so drunk he was loud and belligerent," said Ty Smith, who also uses the name Aries.
He saw Mateen at the club at least a dozen times, he told the Orlando Sentinel.
"We didn't really talk to him a lot, but I remember him saying things about his dad at times," Smith said. "He told us he had a wife and child."
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-orlando-nightclub-omar-mateen-profile-20160613-story.html
MFM008
(19,805 posts)sexually confused to me.
Raster
(20,998 posts)...the two go together OH SO FUCKING WELL... also sounds like a heaping helping of DADDY ISSUES to add to the mix.
roamer65
(36,745 posts)Repression across the board.
villager
(26,001 posts)I mean, there's a reason psychopaths pick the targets they do.
Mike Nelson
(9,951 posts)...he might have been bisexual and unable to deal with it
annabanana
(52,791 posts)Glorfindel
(9,726 posts)scoping things out. Seems like this guy had planned his assault very carefully.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)he wouldn't have needed that many visits for that
BeyondGeography
(39,369 posts)eom
uponit7771
(90,335 posts)JI7
(89,247 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)lpbk2713
(42,753 posts)Not just for here but for other places as well.
ellenrr
(3,864 posts)I think I read that in NYTimes.
Brickbat
(19,339 posts)They do it because they hurt. That's becoming clear here.
SoCalNative
(4,613 posts)he wasn't just doing recon
Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)nt
brer cat
(24,559 posts)sibelian
(7,804 posts)The NRA
The GOP not passing bills
Men
Republicans in general
mental illness
and now
closeted homosexuality.
It's the nature of the site.
King_David
(14,851 posts)Dem2
(8,168 posts)Seems to stem from ignorance.
IronLionZion
(45,427 posts)Behind the Aegis
(53,951 posts)We are supposed to believe HIS calls to the police were really just a "cover", but second hand information from people coming out of the woodwork? Well, that just "truth will out"!
Possible motive, ISIS related?: NO! NO! NO! Islamophobia! Right-wing propaganda! Trump lover!!
Possible motive, closeted gay?: That's the ticket! It was just some homo who couldn't get a grip! That makes more sense! I remember an article saying most gay bashings are closeted gay men! I remember a study! I remember my friend who told me how he beat up "homos" in HS and is now gay! We have solved it...it is a gay on gay crime...everyone move along...nothing more to see!
Princess Turandot
(4,787 posts)which is on the east coast of Florida.
I have to assume that there are nightclubs that serve mostly LGBT folks much closer to where he lived. And terrorist aren't usually concerned about shielding their near and dear ones from trouble, by not acting near where they live. So it seems like he had some reason to go to this particular place.
King_David
(14,851 posts)uponit7771
(90,335 posts)Heeeeers Johnny
(423 posts)I wouldn't totally dismiss it or rule it out, but the comments from 4 people seem more like 'hey, I know that guy,
or at least I think I do'.
The other thing that makes me suspicious is that according to their statements, Mateen was a drinker also...
I don't know, nor have I read just how devote a Muslim he was, but his drinking habits just don't jive with his religion.
BootinUp
(47,141 posts)appears less and less a religious islamic thing and more just plain hate. To me anyways.
woolldog
(8,791 posts)Was just casing the joint? That doesn't make sense. Sounds like he was going there to have a good time.