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World Reacts To The Worst Mass Shooting In U.S. History (cnn.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNN: Fifty people were killed inside Pulse, a gay nightclub, Orlando Police Chief John Mina and other officials said Sunday morning, just hours after a shooter opened fire in the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. At least 53 more people were injured, Mina said. Police have shot and killed the gunman, he told reporters.
The shooter is not from the Orlando area, Mina said. He has been identified as Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, of Fort Pierce, about 120 miles southeast of Orlando, two law enforcement officials tell CNN.
Orlando authorities said they consider the violence an act of domestic terror. The FBI is involved. While investigators are exploring all angles, they "have suggestions the individual has leanings towards (Islamic terrorism), but right now we can't say definitely..."
In the discussion on this submission, Slashdot readers reported that Reddit is among the sites that have removed some discussions about the shooter's identity, with one reader even reporting "Posts directing people where and how to give blood have been removed."
The shooter is not from the Orlando area, Mina said. He has been identified as Omar Saddiqui Mateen, 29, of Fort Pierce, about 120 miles southeast of Orlando, two law enforcement officials tell CNN.
Orlando authorities said they consider the violence an act of domestic terror. The FBI is involved. While investigators are exploring all angles, they "have suggestions the individual has leanings towards (Islamic terrorism), but right now we can't say definitely..."
In the discussion on this submission, Slashdot readers reported that Reddit is among the sites that have removed some discussions about the shooter's identity, with one reader even reporting "Posts directing people where and how to give blood have been removed."
And the circle jerk mentality they so love.
So rise up, all ye lost ones, as one, we'll claw the clouds.
I'm wide awake, son, thanks for asking.
You're presenting me with a list of tweets from cowardly little sociopaths making brave noises to impress their friends sitting across from them at their high school lunch table. Looks like Slashdot on any given Wednesday.
This discussion is not about Internet Tough Guys and Online Bullies making fun of the unicorns in your Safe Space, it's about Institutionalized Violence! Entire nations whose court systems still believe that cutting off the hands of thieves and stoning adulterers is valid justice!
We're talking about bullets, you're showing us tweets. Try to keep up...
Editors didn't mod any of those links up or down. What happened is, of the 300,000 unique visitors per day that view Slashdot, more than a handful decided that you're comments sucked and modded appropriately.
Statistically, there are no examples of gun owners who do not own guns killing anyone. Or existing.
Allow me (different AC) to offer a different conspiracy theory. Taco Cowboy (and his obvious AC posts) is really APK. This posting is really quite similar to the way APK conducts himself and both are batshit crazy.
I'm pretty sure a properly configured HOSTS file would have prevented this tragedy
So "a tiny minority of native Americans" were spontaneously generated in the Americas?
Pretty cool.
No brain, no pain.