Friday, July 22, 2016

Orlando cops detail harrowing response to Pulse shooting and other top stories.

  • Orlando cops detail harrowing response to Pulse shooting

    The Orlando police officer could see a man lying on the floor of the Pulse nightclub, reaching out for help."He told me he could not stand or walk," the officer later wrote in a report. The officer could see that the man had been shot at least once, in his right leg. "I grabbed both of his wrists, and he grabbed mine. I dragged him outside of the club through the patio, and away from the building," the officer wrote.Then the officer, whose name was not included in the report, went back in. Othe..
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  • Orlando nightclub killer taunted co-workers with claims he was ...

    Orlando nightclub killer taunted co-workers with claims he was ...
    ORLANDO, Fla. –  The gunman who opened fire at a gay Florida nightclub last month had complained he was repeatedly taunted for being Muslim in his job as a security guard at a Florida courthouse, according to records released Monday. Omar Mateen responded to the taunts by telling his co-workers that he had connections to terrorists and a mass shooter, but he later told his bosses he made that up to get them off his back, and the FBI determined he was not a threat. "I love the United States. The..
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  • Orlando shooting: Gunman complained of anti-Muslim taunts

    Orlando shooting: Gunman complained of anti-Muslim taunts
    Image caption The FBI questioned Omar Mateen but concluded he was not a danger A gunman who killed dozens of people in an Orlando gay club had complained of being taunted for being Muslim while working as a security guard at a court, newly released documents show.Omar Mateen told his bosses at G4S he responded by making up stories that he had connections to terror suspects.The FBI investigated his remarks but determined he did not pose a threat, the d..
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  • Moment of Silence Turns Into Outcry Against Government After Nice ...

    Moment of Silence Turns Into Outcry Against Government After Nice ...
    His other internet searches included Eid al-Fitr, the holiday at the end of Ramadan, and the attacks in Orlando, in Dallas and in Magnanville, France, where an Islamic State militant killed a police captain and his companion last month.Mr. Lahouaiej Bouhlel had recently begun to grow a beard, evidently for religious reasons, Mr. Molins said, and one witness told investigators that Mr. Lahouaiej Bouhlel had mentioned the Islamic State, saying he did not understand “why Daesh could not lay claim ..
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  • Hillary Clinton is coming to Orlando this Friday

    Hillary Clinton is coming to Orlando this Friday
    Monday, July 18, 2016 Hillary Clinton is coming to Orlando this Friday Posted By Monivette Cordeiro on Mon, Jul 18, 2016 at 2:26 PM click image Hillary Clinton is visiting Orlando this week ahead of rallies in Tampa and South Florida. The former Secretary of State's campaign announced she will be in Orland..
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  • East Tenn. boutique raises money for Orlando

    East Tenn. boutique raises money for Orlando
    East Tenn. boutique raises money for Orlando A Knoxville boutique is selling t-shirts they designed to fund raise for the families of the victims of the shooting at a nightclub in Orlando last month. Kendall Morris, WBIR 10:43 PM. EST July 18, 2016 NORTH KNOXVILLE - More than a month after the Orlando shooting at a gay nightclub that killed 49 people and injured many more, a North Knoxville boutique is raising money for the victims' families. Amanda Love, the owner of the Hot ..
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  • Intelligence group on Pulse attack day: Be ready for more

    Intelligence group on Pulse attack day: Be ready for more
    In the hours just after the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, law enforcement officers who specialize in gathering criminal intelligence in Central Florida sent out word to other cops: the Islamic State had claimed responsibility for the nightclub attack, and they should be ready for the possibility of more.Records recently released by the Central Florida Intelligence Exchange, a clearing house for classified and unclassified police intelligence for nine counties, show that it advised office..
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  • Boy Scouts gather flags left at Pulse memorial for retirement

    Boy Scouts gather flags left at Pulse memorial for retirement
    Michelangelo Dominguez's mother watched with pride Monday morning as the 13-year-old and other Boy Scouts picked hundreds of weathered American flags from the lawn outside the Dr. Phillips Center in Orlando.He helped collect mini-flagpoles stuck in the dirt around wet teddy bears and melted candles left for the 49 victims killed more than a month ago in the Pulse nightclub shooting. Officials from the Orange County Regional History Center oversaw the Scouts, who were asked to collect the flags ..
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  • Orlando Pride forward Christina Burkenroad eager to make most of ...

    Orlando Pride forward Christina Burkenroad eager to make most of ...
    Down 1-0 with less than five minutes to go against the Chicago Red Stars, time was running out for the Orlando Pride. In the 88th minute, forward Christina Burkenroad got open for a shot and made it, appearing to tie the match 1-1 with her first NWSL goal.However, she was ruled offside and the score was erased. "It was really frustrating," said Burkenroad, 23. "That was a really good set up by Cami [Levin] and then to [Jasmyne Spencer] and I should have held my run a little bit. I practice that..
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  • Former NYCFC coach Jason Kreis among Orlando City coaching ...

    Former NYCFC coach Jason Kreis among Orlando City coaching ...
    Orlando City president Phil Rawlins said some big names were on the Lions' shortlist of candidates to become the club's new head coach, and one of those names is Jason Kreis.A spokesman for the club confirmed to the Orlando Sentinel Monday that Kreis, former coach of New York City FC and an assistant with the U.S. men's national team, is in discussions with Orlando City to fill the vacant coaching spot left when Adrian Heath was fired July 6. However, the spokesman declined to characterize the ..
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