Police Investigate Social Media Threats Against LGBT People In Florida

In this June 23, 2013 photo, an American flag and a LGBT Rainbow flag are displayed on the ferry dock in the Fire Island community of Cherry Grove, N.Y. The 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City is generally acce... In this June 23, 2013 photo, an American flag and a LGBT Rainbow flag are displayed on the ferry dock in the Fire Island community of Cherry Grove, N.Y. The 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York City is generally accepted as the Lexington and Concord of the gay rights revolution - the first shots in a battle that eventually led to last week's landmark Supreme Court decision legalizing gay marriage. But in this seaside resort 60 miles east of Manhattan, reports that homosexuals were standing up for their rights that summer of Woodstock and moon landings was hardly breaking news: a gay community in Cherry Grove had been thriving there for at least two decades before Stonewall. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig) MORE LESS

WILTON MANORS, Fla. (AP) — Law enforcement officials are investigating threats posted on Facebook to “exterminate” LGBT people living in a predominantly gay city near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Wilton Manors Commissioner Justin Flippen says the threat is being taken seriously by the FBI and local police.

The posts mentioned the June 12 attack at Pulse nightclub in Orlando that killed 49 people and injured more than 50.

One post said “if you losers thought the Pulse nightclub shooting was bad, wait till you see what I’m planning for Labor Day.”

Wilton Manors Police Chief Paul O’Connell tells local news outlets the FBI has spoken to the man believed to have made the posts. He says his agency is conducting an “intense investigation.”

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  1. Avatar for imkmu3 imkmu3 says:

    people living in a predominantly gay city near Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

    There’s a predominantly gay city near Lauderdale? Or does 14% equal predominantly to the AP?

  2. Math is hard for the AP, just like how many Clinton Foundation donors meet with Hillary out of how many people Hillary met with as SoS.

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