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Shooting outside Milwaukee

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by armageddon, Aug 5, 2012.

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  1. Killick

    Killick Well-Known Member

    Shooter now ID'd as a 40yo Army vet ("less-than-honorable discharge").

    http://m.jsonline.com/news/crime/shooter-identified-as-wade-michael-page-856cn6q-165115836.html
     
    Killick, Aug 6, 2012
    #37
  2. Bob Cook

    Bob Cook Active Member

    Also, he was a member of racist skinhead bands, and was active in white-power organizations.

    http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE8740FP20120806?irpc=932
     
    Bob Cook, Aug 6, 2012
    #38
  3. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    But I'm sure he was a lone nut and this terrible, isolated occurrence was non-ideological.
     
    Azrael, Aug 6, 2012
    #39
  4. YankeeFan

    YankeeFan Well-Known Member

    He probably did think he was killing Muslims.
     
    YankeeFan, Aug 6, 2012
    #40
  5. YGBFKM

    YGBFKM Guest

    There are certain, repeated types of violence for which you never say that.
     
    YGBFKM, Aug 6, 2012
    #41
  6. Azrael

    Azrael Well-Known Member

    Those being?
     
    Azrael, Aug 6, 2012
    #42
  7. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    "Authorities said they were treating the attack as an act of domestic terrorism"

    Do they treat a mass murder differently?
     
    Boom_70, Aug 6, 2012
    #43
  8. Baron Scicluna

    Baron Scicluna Well-Known Member

    Hope the next nutjob targets this "church".
     
    Baron Scicluna, Aug 6, 2012
    #44
  9. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Don't forget... Fred Phelps is a democrat... [ducking] :D
     
    Mizzougrad96, Aug 6, 2012
    #45
  10. Bubbler

    Bubbler Well-Known Member

    The white supremacist/domestic terrorism part of this is what I was afraid of. Some people are just sickening.

    And we'll never know, but I'd put good money on it that this moron thought he was taking down Muslims.
     
    Bubbler, Aug 6, 2012
    #46
  11. Mizzougrad96

    Mizzougrad96 Active Member

    Yeah, I tend to agree.
     
    Mizzougrad96, Aug 6, 2012
    #47
  12. Boom_70

    Boom_70 Well-Known Member

    Disagree. Page was in Psy Ops. It seems like he would have known the difference.
     
    Boom_70, Aug 6, 2012
    #48
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