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In reply to the discussion: Omar Mateen was the shooter's name. From Pt. St. Lucie, FL, and [View all]FrodosPet
(5,169 posts)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 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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Dylann Roofs 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. 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.
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Omar Mateen was the shooter's name. From Pt. St. Lucie, FL, and [View all]
babylonsister
Jun 2016
OP
"Orlando authorities said they consider the violence an act of domestic terror."
Rose Siding
Jun 2016
#1
True.. but I suspect they will exploit the Muslim stuff and bite the bullet on the other.
DCBob
Jun 2016
#19
It's already happening...and don't count out Trump saying something homophobic either
maryellen99
Jun 2016
#24
So he's blaming the LGBT community for existing, not his hateful son and the things he taught him.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#26
Many anti gay hate crimes are motivated by the attacker's religious bias. It is not one or the other
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#31
As I said, many hate crimes are motivated by the attacker's religion. It's just a fact.
Bluenorthwest
Jun 2016
#38