by Scott Creighton
UPDATE: Found this is a new article on MSNBC:
“Wisconsin has some of the most permissive gun laws in the country and had passed a law in 2011 allowing citizens to carry a concealed weapon.” MSNBC
The shooter apparently did all this damage with a single 9mm handgun. Guess we got to ban ALL guns, not just AR-15s… which MSNBC dutifully mentions in the article.
Jagjit Singh Kaleka, the brother of the president of the temple, who was among the six Sikhs killed, said he had no idea what the motive was for the attack.
“But we know the more assault weapons we distribute the more situations like this we will have,” he said. The U.S. had a ban on certain assault weapons but it expired in 2004. MSNBC
Never mind the fact that no assault weapon was used during this attack.
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Details are still sketchy about what exactly happened at the Sikh temple in Oak Creek, Wis. Early on two witnesses claimed that 4 men came in wearing black and started shooting people in a well organized and systematic effort. The police and FBI have quickly revised that count to 1 guy. They claim that it is an act of domestic terrorism because he apparently has a 9/11 tattoo on one arm. Seems like the targeted men wore turbans which they claim the shooter (singular) mistook for meaning they were Muslims. Even if that is true, that would imply it was a hate crime, not an act of domestic terrorism.
According to the Los Angeles Times, tattoos plus “certain biographical details” were the source of that conclusion. A representative of the Sikh congregation, Kanwardeep Singh Kaleka, told CNN that “members described the attacker as a bald, white man, dressed in a white T-shirt and black pants and with a 9/11 tattoo on one arm.”
There has already been widespread speculation that the shooter may have intent on committing an anti-Islamic hate crime but confused Sikhs with Muslims because of their turbans. Kaleka pointed out that “maybe it’s because the ladies were fortunate enough to dodge it out, but so far most of the people I’ve heard have been shot and killed were all turbaned males.” Raw Story
It seems like the early reports of several shooters come from people relating second hand eyewitness reports from family members. Could be they mistook the tactical unit for the shooter or it could be that there was more than one assailant. Hard to say. But when you have at least two eyewitnesses reporting the same thing, it probably deserves some looking into…
Filed under: Scott Creighton, Sikh Temple Massacre
A lot of oddities here..
–The argument that the early reports of multiple gunmen were caused by witnesses seeing the same man from “different perspectives” is entirely invalid. Not only did witnesses report seeing more than one shooter at once, but there were also many conflicting reports about the gunman’s clothing (as reported by Chief Edwards). Different perspectives won’t cause people to see double (or triple), and it won’t cause them to describe the same man as wearing different clothes. Interestingly, Chief Bradley Wentlandt of the Greenfield Police Department, who floated the “differing perspectives” line, began his law enforcement career as a specialist with the U.S. Air Force.
–A second gun was found at the scene. It was soon dismissed as a gun belonging to a police officer. Since the officer remains unidentified, this is completely unverifiable. Considering that it requires a trained law enforcement officer to simply ‘drop’ their gun to the ground and leave it there at a time they may need it most, the story is also extremely unlikely. Furthermore, an earlier report stated that the suspect was last seen wielding two handguns.
–It was initially reported that the officer wounded by Page returned fire and killed him. It is now being reported that another officer fatally shot him. These contradictions as to who shot Page make one wonder if that shooting was as justifiable as we were told it was.
–Wade Michael Page was formerly a member of the U.S. Army stationed at Fort Bragg.
–There was a ‘screaming match’ at Page’s apartment recently between a man and a woman. Who was screaming at who, and why?
–Is it a coincidence or a sick joke that Page’s apartment is on E. Holmes Avenue?
–The temple president’s son, Armadeep Kaleka, is helping to direct the new Disclosure film (Sirius) with Dr. Steven Greer. His brother (the temple president’s other son) is a former MPD officer.
HOLY SHIT!
“According to sources in the U.S. Army, Page enlisted in April 1992 and given a less-than-honorable discharge in October 1998. He served at Fort Bliss, Texas, in the psychological operations unit in 1994, and was last stationed at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, attached to the psychological operations unit. The details of his discharge were not immediately clear.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57487094/sikh-temple-shooting-suspect-identified-as-wade-michael-page-motivation-unclear/
“CBS News correspondent Ben Tracy reports Page is only believed to have lived at the residence for two weeks, according to neighbors.
“Nobody has really seen him,” neighbor Alma Rayes tells CBS News. “We heard here and there that they’ve been doing a lot of arguing, between him and another female, but I haven’t seen him.”
..so he moved in two weeks ago. Aurora massacre was two weeks ago. And he is being portrayed as a recluse/loner with violent tendances.
Wow! This is unfolding quite interestingly.
They’ve banned media from reporting aerial footage.
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Once again, excellent work by “American Everyman” on keeping up with the latest reports on the Aurora shooting as well as the latest Sikh shooting. Dig through his articles and see for yourself. Kudos on your diligence!
Wonder what targets will be next? Seems low intensity might be going a bit more hot.
The man was a hero, wore a blue turban. His name was Satwant Singh Kaleka, the father of the Emmy Award Winner.