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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.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    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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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Senior Managing Editor

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      Don Walker

      Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

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      Chapman University

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      Brian Levin

      founding director, Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism, California State University, San Bernardino

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    The full episode

    2 of 3
    Hate, Terrorism and America's Religious Pluralism
    1. 0:00Iran Pledges Support after Syrian Defection
    2. 7:08Personal Rage, Hostility and Deadly GunfireYou’re reading this
    3. 43:21British Bank Accused of Laundering $250 Billion for Iran
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