Oak Creek, Sikh Communities Mourn Newtown Victims
Those gathered for a candlelight vigil Sunday night at the Sikh temple expressed frustration at more violence and resolve to make things better.
The city of Oak Creek and the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin are, unfortunately, no strangers to mass shootings and the devastation that follows. Four months after a white supremacist killed six temple members, Oak Creek residents and the Sikh community gathered Sunday night at the temple for a vigil remembering the 26 people murdered Friday in Newtown, CT. The event was just two months after a vigil was held for three people shot and killed at the Azana Spa in Brookfield. Many who attended expressed frustration that gun violence continues to cause havoc and take the lives of innocent people. But the vigil also brought out resolve to prevent more tragedies from happening. "We have to work harder to make the world better," said Kanwardeep Singh …
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6:54 am on Monday, December 17, 2012
Seems to me that we have to determine what problems are leading up to killings and no one seems to be moving in that direction. I'm sorry but I disagree, schools are not safe places. On any given day we have drugged students on premises. You wouldn't give your kid a shot and a beer and send them off but many are required to give their kids their family physician's prescribed med. HOW CAN THEY … more ›