Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say

This is a horrible news but there is no way this kind of thread won't derail. No matter what people think of the situation, this is a huge tragedy, which reminds me what my country lived the 13 of November 2015. I just want to send my thoughts to my fellows Americans friends and the gay community in Orlando. I'll leave it there.

Re: Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say

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Post by cuckold » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 2:45 PM UTC

And people ask why we still need Pride events. THIS is precisely why we still need pride.

Re: Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say

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Post by lossolo » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 2:45 PM UTC

nvm..

Re: Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say

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Post by k-mcgrady » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 2:46 PM UTC

cuckold wrote: post #5

And people ask why we still need Pride events. THIS is precisely why we still need pride.

Has there been any indication that this was a homophobic related crime? I haven't seen any yet.

Re: Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say

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Post by s_kilk » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 2:48 PM UTC

k-mcgrady wrote: post #7

cuckold wrote: post #5

And people ask why we still need Pride events. THIS is precisely why we still need pride.

Has there been any indication that this was a homophobic related crime? I haven't seen any yet.

Until we get more on the shooters motives it's hard to tell. However, a mass shooting specifically targeting an LGBT club seems unlikely to be coincidental.

Re: Shooting at Orlando Nightclub Kills About 20, Police Say

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Post by iofj » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 2:48 PM UTC

k-mcgrady wrote: post #3

It's been updated to fifty making it the worst mass shooting in US history [1]. [1] http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-36512308

More updates:

It was a gay/LGBT nightclub

53 Dead, 40 or so wounded.

Perpetrator is "Omar Mir Seddique Mateen" [1], born in US to Afghan immigrant parents. He was killed by the police. Apparently he was a security officer and had a firearms license because of that [5].

"We do have suggestions that that individual may have leanings towards that, that particular ideology [Islamic extremism]. But right now we can’t say definitively, so we’re still running everything around," (quote from article). [2]

If you're in Orlando and wonder how you can help: give blood, especiall O+, O- and AB, at "Oneblood" (2 locations currently open) [3]

Situation ended because police went in. One officer was apparently shot in the head. [4]

[1] http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-36512308 [2] http://abcnews.go.com/US/omar-mateen-suspected-orlando-night... [3] https://twitter.com/AltPress/status/742004240176975873 [4] http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/orlando-nightclub-massacre/... [5] https://twitter.com/BraddJaffy/status/741997301657440256

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Post by bitshiftthis » Sun, Jun 12, 2016, 2:49 PM UTC

Good job muslims, ya fucked up again. Now we're going to have another 10 years of racism. Fuck me.