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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Reporter for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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Don Walker
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FROM Don Walker
Which Way, L.A.?
Hate, Terrorism, and America's Religious Pluralism Since they first arrived in the US more than 100 years ago, Sikhs have experienced brutal discrimination. Since September 11, they've been subject to scorn and retaliation. Now six have died along with a gunman, after a shooting spree in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Others are on the critical list. Investigators are trying to determine why Wade Michael Page shot up the Sikh house of worship. We hear from a man who knew him as part of the hate music scene and raise some disturbing questions about American intolerance of a major world religion.
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Personal Rage, Hostility and Deadly Gunfire America's latest mass killing took the lives of seven people, including the gunman, who shot up a Sikh house of worship in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. Law enforcement agencies want to know if Wade Michael Page acted alone. We talk with a criminologist who knew him as part of the hate-music scene. Since they first arrived in the US more than 100 years ago, Turban-wearing Sikhs have experienced brutal discrimination. They were the first targets of retaliation in the US after the attacks of September 11. Was this a hate crime or an act of domestic terrorism? How could it happen in a country based on tolerance of religious pluralism?
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Shooter Kills Six at Sikh Temple in Oak Creek Police are searching for a "person of interest" in the killing of six people yesterday at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wisconsin. The principal suspect was killed at the scene by police. Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards identified Wade Michael Page as a 40 year-old with a general discharge form the Army, who was ineligible for re-enlistment. We hear more from Don Walter, who reports for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , and from Rajwant Singh, chairman of the Sikh Council on Religion and Education .
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