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Hate Crime? Family Research Council Shooter Posed as an Intern — Carried Chick-fil-A Bag

Aug. 15, 2012 4:35pm Jason Howerton

The armed man who walked into the Washington headquarters of the Family Research Council and reportedly shot a security guard Wednesday morning has been identified as Floyd Corkins, 28, of Virginia, NBC News reports.

Corkins was taken into custody by the FBI following the shooting and was being interviewed.

Family Research Council Shooter Identified as Floyd Corkins, 28, Carried Chick fil A Bag

Local and federal investigators work to gather evidence after a security guard was shot in the arm at the headquarters of the Family Research Council August 15, 2012 in Washington, DC. The shooter is in FBI custody and has not yet been charged, authorities said. (Credit: Getty Images)

“We don’t know enough yet about him … or mentally what he’s thinking,” said James McJunkin, assistant director in charge of the FBI’s Washington field office.

The guard, who was an employee of the FRC, was taken to a hospital in stable condition after being shot.

“Our first concern is with our colleague who was shot today,” the group’s president, Tony Perkins, said in a statement.

Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said in a statement that he was appalled by the shooting. “There is no place for such violence in our society,” he said. “My prayers go out to the wounded security guard and his family, as well as all the people at the Family Research Council whose sense of security has been shattered by today’s horrific events.”

The Family Research Council advocates conservative positions on social issues and strongly opposes gay marriage and abortion. Fox News reports that Corkins posed as an intern and was carrying a Chick-fil-A bag with him during the attack.

Sources told Fox News that after guard took away his gun, the suspect said, “Don’t shoot me, it was not about you, it was what this place stands for.”

Perkins was an outspoken defender of Chick-fil-A President Dan Cathy’s public stand against same-sex marriage, which made the fast-food chain a flashpoint in the nation’s culture wars. The Cathy family foundation has funded the Family Research Council.

“He’s taking a bold stand,” Perkins said after Cathy’s comments were reported. “Chick-fil-A is a Bible-based, Christian-based business who treats their employees well. They have been attacked in the past about their stand. But they refuse to budge on this matter, and I commend them for what they are doing.”

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exblackbird
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:29pm
oh i m sure the authorities can deduce lots of info from the fact that the perp was carrying a chick fil a bag.

damn……………..what a stupid piece of stuff.

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- OccamsSword
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 8:45pm
  I think he possibly went there to shoot the place up, chikened out (no pun intended) ended up just standing in line and placed an order… Probably followed the story on that drive-thru idiot.
  
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OKC08GT500
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:26pm
And so it begins.

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exblackbird
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:22pm
a hate motive?? how in the hell does anyone get inside this guys head and make that determination??

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- Schteveo
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 7:27pm
  EXBLACKBIRD,
  do you HAVE to be ‘in’ someone’s head to figure out that shooting people they don’t know isn’t about LOVE?
  
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- Malrick
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 4:19am
  same way liberals do.
  
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Larry E
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:22pm
It’s sort of amazing that the geniuses in the lamestream media haven’t tried to connect this guy to the Tea Party. It’s not too amazing to discover that the coward didn’t want to be shot, although he was willing to murder someone else.

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tarm778
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:15pm
The SPLC has blood on their hands.

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TNE1
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:13pm
Let’s not jump to conclusions! As I wrote after the last tragic shooting we must first wait for Brian Ross and ABC news to find out whom this person is and the reason for the shooting! One other thought. He fights supposed hate with hate? Must not have watched Restoring Love!

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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 11:59pm
  We will only find out about hm post haste if he belongs to the Tea Party and has ties to the Southern Baptist Church. Anything else will only get him labeled as disturbed and in need of attention.
  
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MrKnowItAll
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:10pm
Blame Shepard Smith. In my case I just stopped watching him. This guy kept watching him and look what Shep Caused. People Kill People. GUNS Do Not! Hurry! Blame Somebody. See how Crazy we have Became? Do you see what a President who Blames everyone for Everything does to the mindset of Weak People?

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- ChiefGeorge
  Posted on August 16, 2012 at 12:04am
  Your right! There is no end to the blame game! Its everywhere, its in the corporations of America, the neighboroods, the schools, some churches, the military, most certainly the government and the White House. We’ve become a generation of unaccountable morons who can no longer see the difference between right and wrong. We wonder what got into those crazy Germans heads and caused them to go off the deep end like they did. Its the same kind of madness happening right now in the USA. Everyone is looking for someone to blame right now and when it comes down…it will, they will say there they are over there…GET EM. Make your circle of close personal friends tight and keep it low profile.
  
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Eric_The_Red_State
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:52pm
Ok class – Repeat after me

GAYS = GOOD
STRAIGHTS = BAD

HATE SPEECH AGAINST STRAIGHTS = JUSTIFIED
HATE SPEECH AGAINST HOMOSEXUALS = UNJUSTIFIED

PROGRESSIVE IDEALOGIES = GOOD
CONSERVATIVE VALUES = BAD

BAD NEWS AGAINST OBAMA = RACIST
BAD NEWS AGAINST ROMNEY = FUNNY

WHEN OBAMA TAKES MONEY FROM SOCIAL SECURITY = “I SEE NOTHING!!!”
WHEN RYAN TALKS ABOUT MAKING REASONABLE CUTS = HORRIFIC AND CRUEL

Add your own – ad infinitum

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drphil69
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:52pm
Violence from the left? How surprising! NOT.

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team1blazer
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:46pm
Is there any other kind of violent crime than “hate crime”?

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team1blazer
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:44pm
Up is down, bad is good, left is right. This does not end well folks. We are witnessing the results of 30 years of the dept. of education. These whack jobs are what we have turned out of our public school system. WHEN (not if) the fuse is lit by the left, anarchy will follow. I pray for all of the poor pathetic left who will be consumed by their own violence. The tree of liberty must be watered by the blood of tyrants and patriots from time to time….that time is coming soon.

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- drphil69
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:56pm
  Anarchy at first, sure. Then tyrany. Obama needs an excuse to retain power, so if rioting breaks out and the cities start to burn, he will have his excuse.
  
  He will instill martial law, and “postpone” the election, for the protection of the voting public, of course.
  
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drphil69
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:39pm
It CANT be a hate crime. It was against conservatives. Therefore it was an isolated incident and nothing to do with liberals or democrats. In fact, it was probably a set up – he probably IS conservative and just wants us all to think he’s liberal…

Yes, liberals are that dumb!

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barber2
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:39pm
I lay all of this at the feet of the Obama administration . From Biden’s ” the Republicans want to put you back into chains, ” to Harry Reid’s smears of Romney to “prove he is innocent” of tax evasion, to Obama’s anti-Wall Street rhetoric and his ” feeling the frustration ” of the OWS crowd, these Democrats have crossed a line of common decency and civil disorder. Perhaps someone needs to make them repeat their Constitutional oaths since they seem to have forgotten what they vowed to uphold. Impeachment ? Nobama 2012 No Democrats 2012

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Smokey_Bojangles
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:37pm
The Demoncrats would call the Family Research Council a hate group.
I Would think an Organization that supports KILLING babies and shows Bigotry would be more inline to what a hate group really is.You Know…Something like THE DEMOCRAT PARTY?

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- Rajabear1
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:12pm
  I could be mistaken, but I do believe the Southern Poverty Law Center does list them as a hate group…I know for a fact I have heard that freak bearded spokesperson refer to them as such in multiple interview in the past…
  
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Diane TX
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:31pm
Why won’t my post go through?

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- barber2
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:41pm
  I am having trouble also. All day.
  
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reportanddeport
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:29pm
It’s not a hate crime when you shoot someone who opposes homosexual marriage, it’s only a hate crime when you shoot someone who SUPPORTS homosexual marriage or who is African-American. Hate crime laws were created to promote and protect homosexuality and to allow Black on White crime. Once a hate crime law is passed, the prosecutors know that their jobs are on the line, if they don’t apply the law the way the Democrats intended. A law that is deliberately intended to protect certain classes is a law that eliminates blind justice and equal protection under the law.

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Diane TX
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:28pm
Add your comments

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oldwmn
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:27pm
Good Day COMRADES what a great and glorious day…another republican swine with a gun..OH WAIT its is one of OUR COMRADES who pulled the trigger…NEVER MIND…nothing to see, keep moving, these are not the droids we are looking for… HALT THE PRESSES there is NO STORY HERE..HEY GAL PAL NAPPY go back to your RED ROOM…nothing to do…

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OniKaze
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:26pm
Left-wing civility at its best folks…

Just wait, if Obama is re-elected (thru voter fraud, since he doesn’t stand a real chance) we will see alot more of this, and whats worse, it will be encouraged by the left…

Good times are a comin… Well, it will be a good time if you enjoy shooting rioters and criminals in order to defend whats “yours”….

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- drphil69
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 6:01pm
  AMEN! Be prepared. And remember, DONT FEED THE LIBS, THEY MULTIPLY LIKE RABBITS!
  
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redbone007
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:26pm
The news media are not talking about this story. I having been checking the cable stations and nothing.

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- lexington_green
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:35pm
  of course not. only white, christian, conservative males can commit violence against those they differ with. keep to the narrative dude. the narrative.
  
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ewoodard
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:23pm
Hold it- I think I see a pattern here-Ft Bragg guy was not married, this guy is a ****, colorado theater guy has some issues, as does sikh temple guy. Note that no one has interviewed any girlfriends, children, etc. . I think they are all wrestling with whether they are homos or not, and the ostracism that doing so involves, so they blow a fuse and seek suicide by cop, because they are guilty for considering it. I think it’s fair to say that conflicted homos are a threat of violence, and therefore we need registration of all homos, and some assault **** bans. How about concealed **** permits? hate to tell you libs this, but blacks, homos, and moslems are more likely to end my life, and so I just try to stay away from them as much as possible, and when that is not possible, I’m on my guard. I have a right to survive, and the right to determine how best to do that. And there is not a darn thing you libs can do about it!

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- lexington_green
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:34pm
  you are onto something here. the thing that ties together all of these individual and group acts of violence in america and abroad is a sense of being emasculated by society and unable to find recognition in the three areas of male identity: the warrior, the lover, the father. when a man or group of men feel they are not respected for their accomplishments, not desired by women, and not able to function as father figures, violence becomes the only avenue left for recapturing lost manhood. these facts hold true in all of these cases. men who feel socially ostracized and oppressed snap. whether it is the lone white male outcast, the ranks of muslim suicide bombers looking for their virgins, or roving gangs of blacks who want to make whitey pay, they all resort to the most primal mode of male identity – the warrior – to reclaim what they feel they have lost or what has been taken from them. ironically, it suggests that men the world over react to problems the same way and are more alike than folks would like to admit.
  
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- Ohello
  Posted on August 18, 2012 at 11:15am
  That is why Janet Napolitano is using secret unmarked white aircraft to spray contrails over high density population areas in order to reduce the testosterone levels in the population. Reduce manhood, reduce violence. Unfortunately, the number of butch women is increasing as proof witness the number of action figure women in the movies.
  Those planes are doing it….. and they affect global warming….. thus proving anthropromorphic warming is real….:)
  
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altops
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:22pm
Now Cops will pull folks over after pulling out of Chick-f-la drive thrus.

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cemerius
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:14pm
It’s gonna be WORSE November 7th folks!!!…….

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- lexington_green
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:19pm
  one way or another…
  
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garylee123
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:13pm
If liberals would only care about who was President as much as they care about their fast foods restaurants.

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TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:12pm
Lost souls are dangerous souls in this world. Very glad no one was killed.

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- FREEDOMoverFEAR
  Posted on August 15, 2012 at 5:26pm
  He was lost? How’d he find the right building?
  
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