13-06-2016, 08:39 AM
Drew Phipps Wrote:Orlando, Fla. (home of giant theme parks) has 2 high profile murders in under 24 hours.
On Saturday (6/11/16), a talented singer from US TV show "The Voice," Christie Grimmie, was fatally shot in Orlando by a gunman who then killed himself.
http://www.cnn.com/2016/06/11/entertainm...mmie-shot/
Then on Sunday (6/12/16), a shootout at an Orlando gay nightclub claimed 20 lives, and the shooter also died.
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/06/12/gu.../21393689/
The second of those events has been declared "domestic terrorism" by the Orlando Police. But since their description of the even is entirely too vague and seems to be contradicted by an eyewitness, it's worth quoting here.
Quote:A gunman shot dead about 20 people and injured 42 others in a crowded gay nightclub in Florida early on Sunday before being killed by police in what U.S. authorities described as a "domestic terrorism incident". A police officer working as a security guard inside the Pulse club exchanged fire with the suspect at about 2 a.m., police officials said. A hostage situation quickly developed before a squad of officers entered the club and shot dead the gunman. It was unclear when the victims were shot by the gunman.
"At ... 0500 hours this morning, the decision was made to rescue hostages that were in there. Our officers exchanged gunfire with the suspect. The suspect is dead," Orlando Police Chief John Mina told a press conference. At least one officer was injured in the gunbattle but the police action saved at least 30 lives, Mina said. The suspect was carrying an assault-type rifle and a handgun as well as an unidentified "device" on him, Mina said. Police did not immediately name the gunman or provide a possible motive for the attack but officials have classified the rampage as a "domestic terrorism incident," Orange County Sheriff Jerry Demings said.
Javer Antonetti, 53, told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper that he was near the back of the dance club when he heard gunfire. "There were so many (shots), at least 40," he said. "I saw two guys and it was constant, like 'pow, pow, pow,'." Police said they had carried out a "controlled explosion" at the club hours after the shooting broke out, but did not explain why that was done.
(Reporting by Chris Michaud in New York and Mary Milliken in Los Angeles; writing by Frank McGurty; Editing by Mark Heinrich)
Emphasis added. Was it one guy or two? What details justify the "terrorism" label? How many people died in the "controlled explosion" caused by the police? How many people were killed by the initial guy(s), and how many died during the rescue attempt?
Uh oh. Strikes me as being similar to last year's San Bernardino shooting where three witnesses fingered 3 white "athletic" white guys as being responsible (at which point the media feeding frenzy suddenly went quiet). A cynic faced with a repeat of that might consider an alternative theory: a strategy of tension. I'm not alone in being cynical. Pepe Escobar has posted on his FB account today the following:
Quote:CUI BONO ALL OVER AGAIN
Who benefits from a rather convoluted story of a US-born Muslim of Afghan descent, a registered Democrat with a legal Florida gun license and no criminal record, employed for 9 years by a security firm, suddenly engaging in a LBTG-targeted killing spree?
The shadow is a moral problem that challenges the whole ego-personality, for no one can become conscious of the shadow without considerable moral effort. To become conscious of it involves recognizing the dark aspects of the personality as present and real. This act is the essential condition for any kind of self-knowledge.
Carl Jung - Aion (1951). CW 9, Part II: P.14