William, who used to perform at Pulse Orlando, remembers friends and co-workers killed there.
Several hundred people gathered in front of Trinity Church in Copley Square tonight to vent their anger at the deaths in Orlando, but also to show their love for those hurting.
William, a drag performer who moved to Boston from Orlando last fall, recalled the four friends he had there who died, the four in critical condition and others who were shot. But as he tried to maintain his composure, he said, "if I preach one word today, it would be love."
Greg Cook attended and filed a report and photos:
The Boston Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence, who led the vigil, called for a moment of non-silence, in which people could let out their feelings:
Xandra Minter of Queer Muslims of Boston said the Koran says that anybody who murders one person murders all of mankind and that
The Rev. Bill Rich, vicar of Trinity Church, said the church decided to cancel its normal 8 p.m. service, "so we could be with you."
"We all could have been there," Rich, who is gay, said, adding he mourns not just for the victims of the gunfire, but for "all the hearts, and minds and souls that have been injured by this violence."
He continued, however, the answer is not meeting violence with violence, or fear. "Never give up! Never give up! Never give up!" he said.
People with candles raised them in memory of the dead and injured:
The crowd sang "Amazing Grace:"
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Pray for the victims
By anon
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 6:38am
Pray and support the victim and their families. Then investigate how this wife beating cop wannabee managed to get a security clearance at his job as a GS4 security agent a massive private security company which runs prisons, and has been granted millions in homeland security contracts down south and work as a quasi police force with no one to answer to.
The FBI has a lot of explaining to do and during the press conference they promised to be transparent which means get the shredder and the delete button ready.
Thank the lord for the brave men and women of the Orlando police force and the heroes in the club who saved countless lives while risking their own lives during this night of terror.
Wouldn't have mattered
By TommyJeff
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 8:12am
The FBI has limited resources. Its not an unlimited number of people able to look at everything all at once, 24/7.
They decided Mateen wasnt an immediate threat so they moved on.
Thanks to the GOP it wouldnt have mattered. The ability to get firearms easily in this country (and Florida in particular) makes it moot.
You want to blame someone, blame the politicians who flat out refuse ANY gun control legislation because of freedum.
The guy passed background
By CCD
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 10:40am
The guy passed background checks that the Left clamors for!! What do you propose then?? Further, he worked for a Security Company that did work for the DHS which likely means he was likely subjected to additional background checks. Again, what laws do you suggest that would have prevent this terrorist from buying guns?
I see no one mentions mental health
By anon
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 7:43am
Our mental healthcare consists primarily of drugging up seriously mentally ill people, then sending back out onto the streets with at best half-assed outpatient care. And our laws regarding seriously mentally ill people generally make it very difficult to commit them to a psychiatric facility, which as it is are in short supply in many locales and poorly funded. Some of this dates from so-called reforms from the 60s and especially the 70s when the ACLU sued and the US supreme court ruled you can't forcibly hospitalize mentally ill people except under extreme circumstances and you can't force them to take meds. One the saddest, most pathetic thing I see are homeless, obviously schizophrenic people living on the streets (many fear shelters and with good reason).
Another problem is a huge stigma and ignorance that surrounds mental illness even today.
Not mental illness
By anon
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 9:19am
The mentally ill are no more violent than the general population.
This is purely a matter of unfettered access to weapons of mass destruction that have no purpose other than killing a lot of people very quickly. Redneck countries like Canada and Austrailia seem to have been able to get it sorted. The only reason that the US has not is because the NRA and weapons manufacturers prize their backdoor shipping channels to the drug cartels, insurgencies, and failed states of the world.
Exactly. Why are we assuming
By Anonymous
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 10:07am
Exactly. Why are we assuming he was mentally ill??? This coward was raised to hate homosexuals and he was a violent abusive person. That's what you get when raised by awful parents that teach hate and any religion that justifies it. Disgusting people. As a lesbian woman I want to vomit on his father.
The reason it gets brought up
By Kaz
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 10:30am
The reason it's brought up is that his ex-wife said he beat her. She said that the only thing that could explain his actions was that he was "mentally ill". He wasn't diagnosed with anything that we're aware of at this time. It was an opinion of his ex-wife (who had to be physically removed from the situation by her family who saw what was going on because she was suffering from battered wife syndrome).
Yes I read that she thought
By Anonymous
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 11:15am
Yes I read that she thought that and I can totally understand why she would think he was. That is also my first reaction when I hear of evil acts or witness them. "That person must be crazy" but are they??? That is an easy excuse and if he was mentally ill I'm sure the fact that his father preached hate for homosexuals fueled the fire.
not really on-topic, but...
By Malcolm Tucker
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 11:09am
...is William dressed as Paula Deen? Very convincing, if so - I had to look twice.
Lets face it nothing will change.
By bulgingbuick
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 3:23pm
We had 20 children mowed down like lambs at the slaughter and nothing. 50 people, 100, 1,000 it doesn't matter to the NRA. Their philosophy dictates that this American citizen had the right to keep and bear arms. Background checks are an affront to "freedom". The last 30 years of GOP politics working hand in hand with the NRA has programmed wing nuts to believe that Walter Mondale is going to take away your guns, Michael Dukakis is going to take away your guns, Bill Clinton is going to take away your guns, Al Gore is going to take away your guns, John Kerry is going to take away your guns, Barack Obama (the Muslim) is going to take away your guns, Hillary Clinton is going to take away your guns.....
Bill Clinton did take guns
By CCD
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 3:54pm
Bill Clinton did take guns away i.e. assault weapons ban and 1994 and guess what? It did nothing! Virtually no measurable change in the number or % of "assault weapon" gun deaths. But I guess thats the GOP and NRA's fault too.
Clinton didnt take anyones
By Trump-Baker 2016
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 4:21pm
Clinton didnt take anyones guns, he (and congress) passed a law that Bush later let expire that prohibited their sale, not take them away from people. So people like the Orlando terrorist wouldnt have had the assualt rifle, and probably wouldnt have been able to kill nearly as many people, if the GOP didnt let it expire.
This isn't wing nut talk radio.
By bulgingbuick
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 4:34pm
You can't expect to throw bullshit against the wall with no reply. There were 108 people killed in "mass shootings" in the ten year period the assault weapon ban was in effect. In the following 10 years there were 295 people killed with 33 being the biggest mass kill until Orlando. So a 275% increase in the number of events is not measurable? NRA math?
You aren't playing fair
By SwirlyGrrl
Mon, 06/13/2016 - 7:20pm
You can't use actual facts and statistics because MAH GUNS!
Sources please?
By CCD
Tue, 06/14/2016 - 9:36am
Sources please?
Here you go Rambo
By bulgingbuick
Tue, 06/14/2016 - 10:31am
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2012/12/mass-s...
Adam omits the direct Iraq connection to McVeigh, Oklahoma City
By O-FISH-L
Tue, 06/14/2016 - 2:30am
Adam, dismisses Oklahoma City as a non-Muslim attack, but at least one credible journalist, Jayna Davis in Oklahoma City, has integrity. She lost her job under Democrat pressure, but her best-selling book "The Third Terrorist" is a must read. It was well known that Timothy McVeigh was in the company of a Muslim, top official of Saddam Hussein's "Republican Guard" in the days before the OKC bombing. In fact, initial police radio broadcasts described a "Middle Eastern male" in the Ryder truck. The Clinton's got lucky when a police officer stopped McVeigh for a license plate violation and he was executed in record time. They didn't want a war with Saddam and made it look "homegrown." When the Iraqi soldier sued reporter Jayna Davis for defamation, she was cleared, in fact the Judge said there was overwhelming evidence that he was involved. The same individual was working at Logan Airport around 9/11 when box cutters were placed on board aircraft Keep voting Democrat, nothing to see here!
Reynolds wrap is on sale this week.
By bulgingbuick
Tue, 06/14/2016 - 8:57am
Though the manufacturer suggests not using the product for headwear during summer months.
McVeigh was in on it too?
By Kaz
Tue, 06/14/2016 - 11:04am
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_McVeigh#Plan...
Huh. He didn't seem the type to want to work with Bill Clinton. What a tremendous false flag operation!
PS - The reason Davis won her lawsuit wasn't because the guy she investigated was identified as having been involved with McVeigh (in actuality, investigation by the FBI proved he wasn't). It was because she and the TV station (he didn't sue her or address her book in his lawsuit) housed all of their broadcasts as having been about an "unidentifiable person". They sufficiently detached their discussions from him so as not to run afoul of defamation/libel laws (as any good news station would). So, his lawsuit failed on its face.
http://www.ca10.uscourts.gov/opinions/00/00-6366.pdf
Seriously, though, get some fresh air, man. It's not 1994 any more.
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