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Baitball Blogger

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Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:16 AM Jul 2016

Orlando official blames FBI for delayed aid to some Pulse victims


Miguel Leiva hobbled inside Camping World Stadium using crutches.

He'd just been released from the hospital after being shot twice during the Pulse massacre. He was supposed to be in bed healing but heard he could get immediate help with his rent and bills at the temporary Family Assistance Center established by the City of Orlando.

The 29-year-old father filled out paperwork, then went home to his small Sanford apartment and waited.

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What he didn't know at the time was that the forms he filled out didn't go to the city. Instead, it is now evidence being used by the FBI.

"I do remember speaking to an FBI agent but they told me all of this was to get help," he said. "I can't believe it. I knew not to count on it completely because I know not to count my eggs before they hatch, but that's scary."

http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/pulse-orlando-nightclub-shooting/os-miguel-leiva-pulse-survivor-20160716-story.html
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Orlando official blames FBI for delayed aid to some Pulse victims (Original Post) Baitball Blogger Jul 2016 OP
This is unacceptable. This is a secondary attack on the victims, and I'm sure it is motivated Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #1
 

Bluenorthwest

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1. This is unacceptable. This is a secondary attack on the victims, and I'm sure it is motivated
Sun Jul 17, 2016, 11:27 AM
Jul 2016

by entrenched FBI bigotry. No department or agency of the US government has more amends to make with the LGBT community than the FBI does, and here they are exploiting the victims without any hint of concern for those people.

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