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Witness: Omar Mateen had been at Orlando gay nightclub many times
Orlando Sentinel ^ | June 14, 2016 | Gal Tziperman Lotan, Paul Brinkmann, and Rene Stutzman

Posted on 06/14/2016 7:43:34 AM PDT by Colofornian

FORT PIERCE — At least four regular customers at the Orlando gay nightclub where a gunman killed 49 people said Monday that they had seen Omar 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," Ty Smith said.

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Smith told the Orlando Sentinel that he saw Mateen inside at least a dozen times.

"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."

When asked about those sightings, Orlando Police Chief John Mina said he had no information.

Another Pulse regular, Kevin West, told the Los Angeles Times that Mateen messaged him on and off for a year using a gay chat app.

They had never met, West said, but he watched as Mateen entered the club about 1 a.m. Sunday, an hour before the shooting began.

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Cord Cedeno and Chris Callen are other Pulse customers who told the Sentinel they had seen Mateen in the nightclub.

Callen said he had witnessed violent outbursts by Mateen.

"It was definitely him. He'd come in for years, and people knew him," Cedeno said.

(Excerpt) Read more at orlandosentinel.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: closetcase; gay; gaydating; mateen; pulsecustomer; repressedhomosexual
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To: Colofornian

21 posted on 06/14/2016 8:06:32 AM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America ((Some of you characterized my FReep name as 'paranoid' a few years back.. Care to apologize now?))
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To: Colofornian

I went to a Stand With Orlando rally last night. A tremendous crowd — 750 people, on such short notice -— especially for Johnson City, TN.

The MC told the crowd “Today, we’re all gay— today we’re all LGBT”: an identity of perversion, and I do not believe in that. The song chosen to warm up the crowd was “Imagine” (”Imagine there’s no country -— no possessions -— no religion —— no Heaven”): a creed of denials, and I do not believe in that, either.

I believe the Word of God will stand forever, and His Word is what I had on my sign: “Thou Shalt Not Kill.” And I got a lot of “Thanks-you’s” and huge hugs from mascara’ed boys gone silly and sloppy women gone butch. It all goes to show that, despite what divides us, it’s possible to share a degree of respect and understanding.

And you know what? I believe in that.


22 posted on 06/14/2016 8:06:52 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (If they live by the Koran, I don't want them to live by me.)
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To: Colofornian

,,,, I suppose finding a consenting and willing goat in 0rlando could be a real problem for 0mar .


23 posted on 06/14/2016 8:08:19 AM PDT by Lionheartusa1 ()-: ISIS is Islam without the lipstick :-()
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To: Colofornian

Couldn’t it have been reconnaissance?


24 posted on 06/14/2016 8:08:43 AM PDT by Inkie
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To: Colofornian

Will the press keep on this theme as long as they did when the black muslim murdered all those kids on the Oregon campus? I am taking all bets that the murder of the homosexuals will be addressed for years to come. Who remembers any details about the Oregon massacre?


25 posted on 06/14/2016 8:09:40 AM PDT by Neoliberalnot (Marxism works well only with the uneducated and the unarme)
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To: Inkie

Couldn’t it have been reconnaissance?
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Yes. The media now wants us to forget they reported he had cased Disney as well. As usual, they are spoon feeding us a crap-load of lies.


26 posted on 06/14/2016 8:13:41 AM PDT by Ms Mable
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To: Colofornian

He claimed he was upset about gays kissing. Perhaps it was his gay lover kissing someone else that set him off.

It’s going to be something watching the msm try to spin this.


27 posted on 06/14/2016 8:18:33 AM PDT by bgill (CDC site, "We still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
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To: Colofornian

So the club was familiar territory for a mass shooting. Makes sense.


28 posted on 06/14/2016 8:20:23 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: Colofornian

My guess is his handlers were expecting him to hit Disney World, which he also cased. Attacking the gay club though is what he really wanted.


29 posted on 06/14/2016 8:20:45 AM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: Colofornian

It’s called pre-mission Recon...


30 posted on 06/14/2016 8:23:32 AM PDT by ManHunter (You can run, but you'll only die tired... Army snipers: Reach out and touch someone)
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To: Colofornian

The critical question that remains to be answered is, “was this homosexual jihadist snarfing on male reproductive appendages that were certified ‘halal’?


31 posted on 06/14/2016 8:24:13 AM PDT by mkjessup (Hillary Rotten Criminal is a f--king murdering sociopath. You want that in the Oval Office?)
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To: Colofornian

bkmk


32 posted on 06/14/2016 8:37:20 AM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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To: blueunicorn6

“A building with few exits packed with drunk American men who had no weapons.”

It was Latino night.


33 posted on 06/14/2016 8:38:57 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If you really want to irritate someone, point out something obvious they are trying hard to ignore.)
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To: Colofornian

As an islamist who would kill other islamists (it happens all the time), he seems like a self-hating homo who would blame other homos for his own homsexuality, and kill them.


34 posted on 06/14/2016 8:55:22 AM PDT by onedoug
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To: Mrs. Don-o
I went to a Stand With Orlando rally last night.

There's your problem right there.

I could have saved you the trouble by telling you in advance that it was going to be nothing more than an LGBT version of the Paul Wellstone funeral.

Congratulations. You ended up participating in a political rally staged by homosexual freaks.

35 posted on 06/14/2016 8:56:34 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("Sometimes I feel like I've been tied to the whipping post.")
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To: Alberta's Child

And for a purpose: a present, once more, the Word of God on the subject at hand: murder.


36 posted on 06/14/2016 9:00:11 AM PDT by Mrs. Don-o (Pray for the *%$#s. It's the only way to help them, or you, become a bit worthier as a human being.)
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To: blueunicorn6
A building with few exits packed with drunk American men who had no weapons.

Men?

37 posted on 06/14/2016 9:10:42 AM PDT by JimRed (Is it 1776 yet? TERM LIMITS, now and forever! Build the Wall, NOW!)
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To: Colofornian

“...Sometimes he would go over in the corner and sit and drink by himself...”

If only someone had asked him to dance and bought him a drink those people would be alive.


38 posted on 06/14/2016 9:20:38 AM PDT by Mike Darancette (The most vocal supporters of a good con man are the victims.)
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To: I want the USA back
Now what will the left say? Will they still call it hate, and refuse to call it islamic terrorism? of course.

Now it has become a pure anti-gun issue.

39 posted on 06/14/2016 9:21:29 AM PDT by DungeonMaster (Rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft.)
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To: DungeonMaster

The Muslim Hate came from his Dad, who had a big role in driving him to commit the act.


40 posted on 06/14/2016 9:22:28 AM PDT by dfwgator
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