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And at that point, he says, ‘I’ve had enough’ and he goes on his rampage. – Detectives James Essig	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Tennessee state legislature is continuing on a discriminatory rampage to craft hateful bills that harm LGBTQ children, and signing this bill into law would hurt all Tennesseeans, including and especially LGBTQ youth. – Alphonso David	Found on CNN 3 years ago
The last Democratic administration went on a regulatory rampage to slow or stop energy production, i’m not going to sit idly by ... while the Biden administration enforces policies that threaten Wyoming’s economy and the life bloods of so many people in my state. – John Barrasso	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
I warned them not to livestream from their locations, because the shooter was also using Facebook during the rampage. – Witawat Siriprachai	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
It's a tragedy that could have been prevented with one simple step, at any step during that 20-minute rampage -- if Laquan McDonald had dropped that knife -- Laquan McDonald would have been here today. – Van Dyke	Found on CNN 5 years ago
You say riots and people think breaking shop windows and stealing stuff, they don't have a sense of what white mob violence really looks like. This is going into a black community on a rampage, trying to destroy black wealth, trying to hurt or kill black people. Folks say they're more akin to pogroms in the Jewish communities than any kind of riots we're seeing now. – Adriane Lentz-Smith	Found on CNN 7 years ago
Celiac disease was considered extremely rare, almost nonexisting in the United States, and that was a quite interesting observation given at the same time in Europe, where I was coming from, there was a rampage of epidemics of celiac disease all over. – Alessio Fasano	Found on CNN 7 years ago
You see the same thing here. We have had a regulatory rampage over the last six years. A lot of the people the president has put on these boards and commissions in his government are pursuing policies that we haven't passed in Congress. – Mitch McConnell	Found on Reuters 7 years ago
The questions he was asking were not the normal questions a normal person would be asking. If something is suspicious, it’s our discretion, we are the gatekeeper. Federal investigators say that in the week before he murdered dozens people and wounded more than 50 others at the Pulse nighclub in Orlando, Mateen visited another gun shop, where he purchased a pistol and a.223 SIG Sauer semiautomatic rifle. Authorities are still trying to determine the motives behind the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The Justice Department released the full transcript of Mateen’s 911 call on the night of the massacre Monday. In his 50-second call to police he claimed responsibility for the terror attack and pledged allegiance to Islamic State’s leader. The summary shows that Mateen told negotiators he had a vehicle outside that has some bombs. Just to let you know. You people are gon na get it, and I'm gon na ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. Mateen claimed he had an explosive vest similar to the kind used by terrorists in France, referencing the November terror attack in Paris. In the next few days, you're going to see more of this type of action going on, Mateen said. He also reportedly told hostages that he would put suicide vests on them. No explosives were ever found on Mateen inside the club or in any vehicles outside. Mateen was armed with two guns during the rampage. Despite claims by the administration and law enforcement officials that ISIS did not direct Mateen to carry out the attack, Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday used the massacre as an example of why the terror group must be defeated. – Robbie Abell	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
They will also have to do a background check that could include information as to what the people did before they immigrated to the U.S., were they a member of a radical mosque, etc. ? That could take weeks and even months to evaluate. The skepticism among officials, locals and the media is growing given that weapons, a stockpile of bomb-making materials and thousands of rounds of ammunition were discovered in the couple’s home. Also under sharp and evolving scrutiny is that almost $ 28,500 deposited into Farook’s bank account weeks before the lethal rampage – and at least three $ 5,000 transfers to Rafia Farook in the days leading up to the attack, in what a source described to Fox News as a key indicator of. – David Wohl	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The Lake Chad nations are battling Boko Haram and we have a vested interest in that group of nations' collective success ... What Boko Harm is doing is a murderous rampage, about brutality intolerance and subjugation, our national leadership has been very clear that more was going to be done ... There is an ongoing discussion on how will we provide additional tools, techniques, and material to partner nations. – Brigadier General James Linder	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

And at that point, he says, ‘I’ve had enough’ and he goes on his rampage.

– Detectives James Essig

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Tennessee state legislature is continuing on a discriminatory rampage to craft hateful bills that harm LGBTQ children, and signing this bill into law would hurt all Tennesseeans, including and especially LGBTQ youth.

– Alphonso David

Found on CNN
3 years ago

The last Democratic administration went on a regulatory rampage to slow or stop energy production, i’m not going to sit idly by ... while the Biden administration enforces policies that threaten Wyoming’s economy and the life bloods of so many people in my state.

– John Barrasso

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

I warned them not to livestream from their locations, because the shooter was also using Facebook during the rampage.

– Witawat Siriprachai

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's a tragedy that could have been prevented with one simple step, at any step during that 20-minute rampage -- if Laquan McDonald had dropped that knife -- Laquan McDonald would have been here today.

– Van Dyke

Found on CNN
5 years ago

You say riots and people think breaking shop windows and stealing stuff, they don't have a sense of what white mob violence really looks like. This is going into a black community on a rampage, trying to destroy black wealth, trying to hurt or kill black people. Folks say they're more akin to pogroms in the Jewish communities than any kind of riots we're seeing now.

– Adriane Lentz-Smith

Found on CNN
7 years ago

Celiac disease was considered extremely rare, almost nonexisting in the United States, and that was a quite interesting observation given at the same time in Europe, where I was coming from, there was a rampage of epidemics of celiac disease all over.

– Alessio Fasano

Found on CNN
7 years ago

You see the same thing here. We have had a regulatory rampage over the last six years. A lot of the people the president has put on these boards and commissions in his government are pursuing policies that we haven't passed in Congress.

– Mitch McConnell

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

The questions he was asking were not the normal questions a normal person would be asking. If something is suspicious, it’s our discretion, we are the gatekeeper. Federal investigators say that in the week before he murdered dozens people and wounded more than 50 others at the Pulse nighclub in Orlando, Mateen visited another gun shop, where he purchased a pistol and a.223 SIG Sauer semiautomatic rifle. Authorities are still trying to determine the motives behind the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history. The Justice Department released the full transcript of Mateen’s 911 call on the night of the massacre Monday. In his 50-second call to police he claimed responsibility for the terror attack and pledged allegiance to Islamic State’s leader. The summary shows that Mateen told negotiators he had a vehicle outside that has some bombs. Just to let you know. You people are gon na get it, and I'm gon na ignite it if they try to do anything stupid. Mateen claimed he had an explosive vest similar to the kind used by terrorists in France, referencing the November terror attack in Paris. In the next few days, you're going to see more of this type of action going on, Mateen said. He also reportedly told hostages that he would put suicide vests on them. No explosives were ever found on Mateen inside the club or in any vehicles outside. Mateen was armed with two guns during the rampage. Despite claims by the administration and law enforcement officials that ISIS did not direct Mateen to carry out the attack, Defense Secretary Ash Carter on Monday used the massacre as an example of why the terror group must be defeated.

– Robbie Abell

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

They will also have to do a background check that could include information as to what the people did before they immigrated to the U.S., were they a member of a radical mosque, etc. ? That could take weeks and even months to evaluate. The skepticism among officials, locals and the media is growing given that weapons, a stockpile of bomb-making materials and thousands of rounds of ammunition were discovered in the couple’s home. Also under sharp and evolving scrutiny is that almost $ 28,500 deposited into Farook’s bank account weeks before the lethal rampage – and at least three $ 5,000 transfers to Rafia Farook in the days leading up to the attack, in what a source described to Fox News as a key indicator of.

– David Wohl

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The Lake Chad nations are battling Boko Haram and we have a vested interest in that group of nations' collective success ... What Boko Harm is doing is a murderous rampage, about brutality intolerance and subjugation, our national leadership has been very clear that more was going to be done ... There is an ongoing discussion on how will we provide additional tools, techniques, and material to partner nations.

– Brigadier General James Linder

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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