Where else would you see a bigot murder people at a temple thinking they were the oft demonized Muslims in this country.
The Southern Poverty Law Center has said the band that the shooter used to belong to was a white supremacist group. So in his unwitting ignorance to this skinhead all brown people look alike and all persons that wear a religious garment on their head are also the same.
OAK CREEK, Wis. (AP) — A 40-year-old Army veteran, identified by a civil rights group as the one-time leader of a white supremacist band, was the gunman who killed six people inside a Sikh temple in Wisconsin, officials said Monday.
First Assistant U.S. Greg Haanstad in Milwaukee identified the shooter as Wade Michael Page. Page joined the Army in 1992 and was discharged in 1998, according to a defense official who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to release information yet about the suspect.
Officials and witnesses said the gunman walked into the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in suburban Milwaukee and opened fire as several dozen people prepared for Sunday services. When the shooting finally ended, seven people lay dead, including the Page, who was shot to death by police. Three others were critically wounded in what police called an act of domestic terrorism.
I can not begin to express how frustrated I am at this entire situation. We are supposed to be a civilized country yet we just can't help murdering people that are different than us. And for that extra flair we have a penchant for doing it while they are at their
religious retreats.
Anyone else notice racism seems to be a common thread in these terrorist events?
Heidi Beirich, director of the center's intelligence project, tells the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that her group had been tracking Page since 2000, when he tried to purchase goods from the National Alliance, a well-known hate group.
Beirich says there was "no question" Page was an ardent follower and believer in the white supremacist movement. She said her center had evidence that he attended "hate events" around the country.
"He was involved in the scene," she said.