Sunday, August 12, 2012
The shooter in Sunday's Sikh Temple slayings was connected to the white-supremacy music scene. Does that sort of expression deserve First Amendment protection?
Last Sunday’s tragic shootings at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek turned another spotlight on “hate speech” when the shooter, Wade Michael Page, was connected to the white-supremacy music scene, also known as “hatecore.” Earlier this summer, a different version of hate speech came to southeast Wisconsin when members of the tiny but vocal Westboro Baptist Church picketed in front of churches in Brookfield and Oak Creek. They carried signs with phrases such as “God Hates Fags” and “Your Pastors are Whores.” While one seemed at least loosely connected to a grisly mass murder and the other resulted in an uneventful protest, both forms of expression are protected by the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which says: Congress …
Monday, August 6, 2012
Seven killed, four injured in shooting spree, including veteran Oak Creek police officer.
A 40-year-old Army veteran acted alone in Sunday's shooting of six people at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in Oak Creek, authorities said Monday. The shooter was identified by police as Wade Michael Page who recently moved to Cudahy. Page was shot and killed by police at the scene. "We have every reason to believe there was only one shooter ... though our investigation to that end continues," U.S. Attorney James Santelle said at a press conference Monday morning. "Oak Creek is secure." Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards said a person of interest showed up on scene after the shooting. Someone told an officer the man looked suspicious. The person left before being questioned, Edwards said. Multiple media outlets reported Monday afternoon the…
Oak Creek begins dealing with the aftermath of one of the city's darkest days.
The morning after one of the worst events in Oak Creek's history, law enforcement and city officials Monday were sorting through a myriad of issues following the shootings at the Sikh Temple. Seven people died, including the 40-year-old suspect whom media outlets have identified as Wade Michael Page, and three were injured. Police Chief John Edwards said one of the injured people was shot in the head and is in grave condition at the hospital. The shooting comes a little over two weeks since the nation was similarly rocked by a movie theater shooting in Aurora, Colorado. Steve Hogan, the Aurora mayor, has called Oak Creek Mayor Steve Scaffidi to talk about what the days and weeks ahead will be like. "He said that the first couple weeks are …
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Hundreds gather at Milwaukee's Cathedral Park and elsewhere to hold vigils in remembrance of the those who died in Sunday's shooting at the Sikh Temple in Oak Creek.
A few hundred people gathered at Cathedral Square in downtown Milwaukee Sunday night to begin the healing process following Sunday's mass shooting in Oak Creek. People prayed, sang and offered their thoughts about how to come together following the killing of seven people at the Sikh Temple, 7512 S. Howell Ave. Three others were injured, including an Oak Creek police officer. A pastor who led the group in prayer mentioned the shooting in Aurora, CO, just a few weeks earlier that left 12 dead inside a movie theater. "That was a place where families go. This was a shooting that evil came into the world and moved up one level — it went into the house of worship," he said. "What's the next level?" Stephanie Haw, one of three organizers of the …
Woman describes shooter — who lives in Cudahy — as "quiet" and said he had just broken up with his girlfriend.
As authorities searched a home in Cudahy Sunday evening believed to be the residence of the man who shot and killed six people at an Oak Creek Sikh temple, a woman whose son owns that home shed some light on the alleged shooter. The mother of the suspect’s landlord told Patch Sunday she believed the man had “just broken up with his girlfriend.” “He’s a renter,” said the woman, whom Patch is not identifying. “He’s new actually. He rented a room with my son.” The woman said she is “completely freaked out” and that she believes her son found the man as a renter for his home in the 3700 block of E. Holmes Avenue “through an ad.” “He lived with my son for three weeks, then the house across the street became empty, and he moved there,” she said…
Eugene Barufkin
10:55 pm on Monday, August 13, 2012
You can not be selective. However, - Blatant disruption of solemn events is one issue that gets a BIG NO from me, Should respectful public advocacy, or not be allowed - Should be the real issue. YES from me! more ›