Sifting through the details of another mass shooting
Six members of a Sikh congregation in Oak Creek, Wisconsin were murdered at their local temple Sunday morning by a man whom Fox News has identified as Wade Michael Page, “a heavily tattooed, 40-year-old ex-Army soldier.”
The suspect was killed by police responding to the scene.
The mass attack comes barely two weeks after the tragic movie-theater shooting in Auroro, Colo. that killed 12. However, the tragedy in the Wisconsin case is compounded by the fact that its victims were gathering in a place of peaceful worship, and were apparently targeted because of their faith. For that reason, it is being investigated as a case of domestic terrorism, which is appropriate. (There is a strong possibility that the shooter incorrectly associated the Sikhs with Muslims.)
Hate crimes that target groups have a much longer list of victims than do acts of blind, random violence such as that in Aurora. They are intended to inflict fear on all members of that particular group, to make them feel isolated and hated, and to a tragic degree they often succeed in doing so. Across this country, members of the Sikh community today feel vulnerable, suspect and afraid, just as the shooter probably intended.
In another difference from the Aurora shooting, authorities have reported that the gunman in the Wisconsin attack was armed only with a single 9mm pistol, making it difficult and indeed inappropriate to turn the event into a forum for gun-control debate. No conceivable change in gun laws or enforcement could have prevented or minimized this tragedy.
However, the Wisconsin shooting should serve as a caution to those in public life who stoop to targeting religious or ethnic groups in their irresponsible rhetoric, and who by doing so validate the anger, fear and resentment that apparently motivated this tragedy. We are, or ought to strive to be, a better nation than that.
– Jay Bookman
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philosopher
August 6th, 2012
8:32 am
Hatred and bigotry are alive and well in our country and ignorance is it’s fuel.
Brosephus™
August 6th, 2012
8:34 am
No conceivable change in gun laws or enforcement could have prevented or minimized this tragedy.
Exactly!! Things like this makes me wonder about the future of our country. I know incidents like this have happened throughout our history. This country was forged in violence by revolution, has been changed by violence, and will likely perish in violence. The thing that bothers me the most is the 24 hour news and the effect it has on kids. I know there’s a need to report the news, but what impression do you give kids when all they hear about is shootings, deaths, and murders?
Question Man?
August 6th, 2012
8:36 am
Where have you been? Is it true many became conservatives in your absence?
philosopher
August 6th, 2012
8:37 am
Indians, Blacks, Irish, Jews, Japanese, Catholics, Hispanics, Muslims…who’s next? It seems we can’t be happy unless we are frightened of, bullying, and victimizing SOMEBODY.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
August 6th, 2012
8:38 am
Glad you are back Jay. Sad state of affairs regarding shootings….wonder if we can read into the frequency of these and draw any conclusions…should we prepare to see more of the same? These two can’t possibly be the only wingnuts with guns who carry some sort of twisted hatred…what about all those “militia” dopes who think they will have to fight the government?
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
8:39 am
“Hatred and bigotry are alive and well in our country and ignorance is it’s fuel.”
word.
AU Liberal in ATL
August 6th, 2012
8:39 am
A well regulated militia. A well regulated militia. A well regulated militia.
These incidents don’t exactly make the case for American exceptionalism.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
8:41 am
““a heavily tattooed, 40-year-old ex-Army soldier.””
I do think it’s worth asking the question if he was in Iraq/Afghanistan and if he is currently suffering from PTSD.
Not justifying it, but as so many men and women have been coming home with mental illness, it’s a major issue that needs to be addressed
willydoit?
August 6th, 2012
8:42 am
“They are intended to inflict fear on all members of that particular group, to make them feel isolated and hated, and to a tragic degree they often succeed in doing so.”
Do you really think on of the shooter’s objectives is to instill fear? I think he killed inocent people because he either hated them or is just a sick bastard.
barking frog
August 6th, 2012
8:42 am
Adversity is not celebrated
by everyone. Fear of the
unknown is a powerful
force to violence even by
the educated and wealthy.
bookman parrot
August 6th, 2012
8:43 am
jay being the voice of moderation. the vacation must have been good.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
August 6th, 2012
8:44 am
Brochephus,’
Good point about media….24 hour news with 3 hours of stories worthy of coverage. Countless pundit examination devoid of fact, access to guns, growth in family dysfunction, half-truths from the left and right, NRA control of congress…..
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
8:45 am
“jay being the voice of moderation. the vacation must have been good”
one word: fishin’
why do you think Andy Griffith was also a soothing voice of calm in the seething hotbed of extremes that was Mayberry, RFD???
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
8:46 am
” I know there’s a need to report the news, but what impression do you give kids when all they hear about is shootings, deaths, and murders?”
you forgot: celebrity and sex tapes!!!
willydoit?
August 6th, 2012
8:46 am
“These incidents don’t exactly make the case for American exceptionalism”
I don’t know about that…Americans are pretty good at killing each other! and we don’t need a suicide vest to do it!
Doggone/GA
August 6th, 2012
8:47 am
“It seems we can’t be happy unless we are frightened of, bullying, and victimizing SOMEBODY”
When you say “we”….I don’t rememeber giving you premission to speak for ME.
Sikh Temple Shooting Suspect: Wade Michael Page
August 6th, 2012
8:47 am
[...] It is a possible that the shooter mistakenly believed the Sikh were Muslim [...]
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
August 6th, 2012
8:48 am
USNUK,
Great observation re PSTD….with one third of troops returning with some mental malady and inadequate care offered after the fact…..funny how our elected idiots in DC are so owned by defense contractors et al that they all will jump at the chance to throw our kids into any fight in the name of “national security”. By far, our biggest security threat is our weak financial status waiting to be exploited by others….heck, we are killing and maiming our kids with borrrowed money….blind leading the blind..
barking frog
August 6th, 2012
8:49 am
My 8:42 adversity should be
diversity. dwelling on the
situation instead of the
cinversation.
ty webb
August 6th, 2012
8:50 am
we need a “thought police” to better prosecute theses so-called “hate crimes”.
larry
August 6th, 2012
8:51 am
Not justifying it, but as so many men and women have been coming home with mental illness, it’s a major issue that needs to be addressed
Many men and women are coming home and after some time, committing suicide. Unfortuneately, i am thinking that maybe this was an indirect suicide. He knew what the officers would do if he did not comply with their demands. Maybe hatred and depression ate the man up.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 6th, 2012
8:51 am
so-called “hate crimes”.
oh ffs.
ty webb
August 6th, 2012
8:52 am
people are also constantly being robbed by people who “hate” not having money.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
August 6th, 2012
8:53 am
TY,
What’s the connection between people having money and this sad incident?
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 6th, 2012
8:55 am
“It makes you question your own safety as an American in your own country,” said Daman Kaur, 26, of Frederick.
That’s the whole point of terrorism, of course.
ty webb
August 6th, 2012
8:55 am
stevie ray,
there isn’t a connection.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
8:56 am
“people are also constantly being robbed by people who “hate” not having money.”
seriously, Ty … stop talking.
equating what happened in Wisconsin with that trite BS diminishes what happened – and, frankly, it diminishes you – you’re better than that.
Jay
August 6th, 2012
8:56 am
Agreed, USinUK.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
8:57 am
“That’s the whole point of terrorism, of course.”
the clue is in the name
Peter
August 6th, 2012
8:58 am
Gee do you think a Liberal did the shooting ?
Joseph
August 6th, 2012
8:58 am
I noticed you fruits didn’t blame the Tea Party right off the bat as usual. But I do agree. This is domestic terrorism most likely. But didn’t you loon lefty’s say Ft. Hood was just a terrible tragedy instead of radical muslim terrorist?
Up Up and Away
August 6th, 2012
8:59 am
Please send out thoughts and prayers to the victims and family members
godless heathen
August 6th, 2012
9:01 am
Heavily tattooed, 40 year old, ex-Army nut. Too bad for him he’s not a Muslim still in the Army, he could avoid trial for years while still drawing his paycheck, ala Nidal Hasan.
But the Fort Hood shooting was just workplace violence and not terrorism.
ty webb
August 6th, 2012
9:01 am
“trite BS”
well I guess that’s better than just plain ol’ regular BS…”so I got that going for me…which is nice.”
Jay
August 6th, 2012
9:02 am
By Ty’s comparison, Sept. 11 was just another murder, with no larger political message intended.
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:03 am
Guns don’t kill folks….. Right wing nuts carrying guns kill folks.
What are the odds this guy was not religious, And not from the RIGHT ?
ty webb
August 6th, 2012
9:05 am
Jay,
not arguing against terrorism or an act of war(9/11)…arguing against “trite”, so called “hate crimes”.
larry
August 6th, 2012
9:05 am
Well, i was wondering when someone would introduce politics .
Doggone/GA
August 6th, 2012
9:05 am
“What are the odds this guy was not religious, And not from the RIGHT ?”
Because left-wing nuts NEVER kill anyone, right? /snarc
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:06 am
Doggone/GA . Sure gang bangers kill folks…..
What are the odds this guy was Not Right Wing ?
Doggone/GA
August 6th, 2012
9:07 am
“arguing against “trite”, so called “hate crimes”.”
and I’m sure the families and friends of those killed appreciate your characterization of their deaths as trite
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 6th, 2012
9:07 am
My thoughts and prayers are with the families of Oak Creek.
ty webb
August 6th, 2012
9:07 am
and I have no problem with classifying the sikh temple shooting as terrorism…granted, I don’t have entirely all the info…but do any of us?
Normal Free...Pro Human Rights Thug...And liking it!
August 6th, 2012
9:07 am
Philosopher said it in the first post. Ignorance and bigotry. I was listening to CNN while the coverage was going on and one if the Sikh interpreters thought that perhaps they were mistaken as Muslims. Incredible
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.”No conceivable change in gun laws or enforcement could have prevented or minimized this tragedy.”
Perhaps, but I think that somehow we must put common sense back into the heads of the NRA bosses.
Last week the NRA sent me a renewal for membership. I haven’t been a member for years and couldn’t figure why they would send me one now. Maybe their craziness is losing them membership, I don’t know. But…I did send it back, nor with a check, but with a note asking them to remove my name from their mailing list. I told them:
2 August, 2012
Mr. LaPierre,
While I am and will remain an unapologetic supporter of the Second Amendment, I cannot, in good conscience, continue to support the NRA. I feel that your stance on assault weapons, extended magazines and such is beyond common sense. This I cannot
Accept.
I am 65 years old and I remember fondly the NRA of my youth. I want that NRA back, not this radical one that we have today. So…until you support common sense gun control, not to ban gun ownership, but to promote laws that are designed to protect both the common citizen and gun owner, please remove me from your mailing list. And do not contact me again.
Sadly,
)
Normal (name changed to protect me
I know it’s like spitting against the wind, but if enough do it…well, who knows. I just do what I can.
Doggone/GA
August 6th, 2012
9:08 am
“What are the odds this guy was Not Right Wing ?”
Who the hell cares?
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 6th, 2012
9:08 am
so called “hate crimes”
I’ll get red carded if I tell ty what he can do with his imbecilic talking point, so I think I’ll just come back when it doesn’t stink so bad in here.
Up Up and Away
August 6th, 2012
9:09 am
Peter
Not sure if you are able to compherend but this incident is a sad tragedy. Can you hold off on the politics. Granted that crap will permeate the news, but why get obsessed over it now
Recon 0311 2533
August 6th, 2012
9:09 am
This Wade Michael Page was a sick evil minded person. They exist everywhere in the world and within every country in the world. We have a free and open society in America and these unfortunate acts of violence, while isolated will occur, it’s the price we pay but the majority of Americans wouldn’t sacrifice freedom to have our society any other way.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 6th, 2012
9:09 am
oh, one bit of info for those wishing to post at Kyle’s? Apparently use of the phrase “marauding Negroes” is banned.
/drive-by
Maximum
August 6th, 2012
9:09 am
Ty gets so easily confused. We were robbed by our financial institutions who gamed the system to line their own pockets with money at the expense of the middle class, and we all know bankers love money. It’s a simple mistake for someone who doesn’t think for himself. Hey, at least that way Ty won’t have to worry about his imaginary thought police …
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
August 6th, 2012
9:09 am
Peter,
Your last comment suggests you are completely ignorant and have nothing better to offer than turning this into a Right v Left issue. Do you really think this guy gave two shi#ts about politics?
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:11 am
Last week the right would have argued this guy had a right to have his guns for self protection.
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:12 am
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am…
I am sure this guy cared about politics…actually allot….. to the point he wanted to do something.
larry
August 6th, 2012
9:12 am
I want that NRA back, not this radical one that we have today. So…until you support common sense gun control, not to ban gun ownership, but to promote laws that are designed to protect both the common citizen and gun owner,
Feel the same way, although i’ve never been an NRA member.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
August 6th, 2012
9:12 am
MAX
What is the connection between “bankers lining profits” to this issue? Perhaps I am misinterpreting your comments..
ty webb
August 6th, 2012
9:12 am
“…and we all know bankers love money.”
so that would make the banking scandals that wrecked our economy, a “love crime”?
gadem
August 6th, 2012
9:13 am
Being ignorant as well as hateful is a recipe for disaster. They need to pass legislation that all people that purchase guns must undergo a psychological evaluation.
Doggone/GA
August 6th, 2012
9:14 am
“Last week the right would have argued this guy had a right to have his guns for self protection”
Last week, he did. Right up to the moment he pulled the trigger on his first victim.
Up Up and Away
August 6th, 2012
9:15 am
Peter
Hope you realize that you are as blind to your politics as anyone you call out on the right.
You and those on here from the right who do the same have more in common than you will ever acknowledge.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
August 6th, 2012
9:16 am
Peter,
On what premise do you base your ridiculous allegations that this idiot had a dog in the ridiculous and mindnumbing political race? So he carried out this religious killing on behalf of the GOP or DEM’s? Contempt prior to investigation is poor debate tactic. I guess that means when they raid his trailer, they will find all sorts of political emails, rants, bumper stickers, political contributions reciepts et al…
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
9:17 am
“so that would make the banking scandals that wrecked our economy, a “love crime”?”
sounds like soemthing Barry White would sing about …
Just saying..
August 6th, 2012
9:17 am
Anybody got the over/under, in minutes, on the first NRA-owned legislator to parrot ” if only worshipers in the temple were armed…”
Doggone/GA
August 6th, 2012
9:17 am
” that all people that purchase guns must undergo a psychological evaluation”
Sure, because psychologists are NEVER wrong in their evaluations.
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:19 am
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am…
here is the quiz……
A. this guy was Liberal…. he was a pot smoking mellow dude who loved the environment ?
B. this guy was a conservative, because he loved being a white supremest ?
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:20 am
Up Up and Away …… yes this was certainly a liberal, who loved to walk in the woods and help his fellow man.
detritusUSA
August 6th, 2012
9:21 am
“Hatred and bigotry are alive and well in this country and its fuel is” in my opinion, anonymous posters on blogs who can vent their crazy thoughts without taking any responsibility for them. So how about requiring all of us to post under our real, verifiable names?
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
9:21 am
“Anybody got the over/under, in minutes, on the first NRA-owned legislator to parrot ” if only worshipers in the temple were armed…””
Sikhs are required by their religion to carry knives called a kirpan, actually -
larry
August 6th, 2012
9:21 am
I have a question. The governor of SC is a well-known Sikh who attends both Christian and Sikh services ( out of respect for her parents). Should she be worried about this event, that people are crazy enough to equate Muslums and Sikhs?
Up Up and Away
August 6th, 2012
9:23 am
Stevie
I guess Peter is the left wing version of Joseph.
Lots of posts filled with nothing.
I suggest don’t feed the trolls. They usually stop the crap if they get no response.
Brosephus™
August 6th, 2012
9:24 am
dB
Somebody actually used that phrase? Then again, this being the AJC, I should not be surprised.
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USinner
I haven’t come across many non-Sikhs that know much about them and their culture.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
August 6th, 2012
9:25 am
Peter,
Again you have no information to support that this guy was either and to turn this issue into some right v left thing is simply disgusting. The third option is that he was too nuts to comprehend left v right.
Just because you make every attempt to attack those you disagree with, even in this tragedy, suggests you are yet another partisan sheep looking for talking points angle from your failed President Trillions. Anyone on the right who takes the same tack is equally as sheepish.
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:25 am
Up Up and Away….. . Are there any left wing ….White Supremacist groups in America ?
Doggone/GA
August 6th, 2012
9:26 am
“So how about requiring all of us to post under our real, verifiable names?”
You first
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:26 am
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am…
The guy probably watched too much FOX News.
Stevie Ray..Clowns to the left and Jokers to the right..here I am...
August 6th, 2012
9:27 am
UP UP AWAY,
Of course you are correct…just insane to politicize this, any more than columbine or Aurora, especially since the victims aren’t even in the ground yet….
I think I am over caffeinated…:-)
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
9:27 am
“I haven’t come across many non-Sikhs that know much about them and their culture.”
worked with a women who was Hindu and converted to Sikhism for her now-husband. learned a fair bit about the religion as she studied for it.
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:29 am
Another mass killing happened over the weekend……. naturally it was not caused by the man made environment.
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 6th, 2012
9:30 am
Somebody actually used that phrase?
heh. That “somebody” would be yrs truly and yes, Bros, I’ve been to that well before, just not at Kyle’s.
No biggie–I had to recast the sentence as “marauding FULTONIANS stealing TeeVees”, which might be funnier, anyway.
Brosephus™
August 6th, 2012
9:30 am
That’s a good way to learn. I had a Sikh classmate at the academy. I knew some things from reading on my own. Getting to know him helped me separate fact from fiction and cleared up the stereotypes I had heard and such.
SBinf
August 6th, 2012
9:31 am
I guess I should have assumed the shooter was a white guy when hours passed without internet trolls referring to him as a Muslim terrorist or a black thug…
Sad story. How long before we hear about what a great student he was in college, and how he is simply a lone wolf?
RB from Gwinnett
August 6th, 2012
9:31 am
Peter, “Last week the right would have argued this guy had a right to have his guns for self protection”
Unfortunately, our constitution gives all of us equal rights and some choose to abuse those rights to the detriment of our society. Kinda like YOU having the right to free speach and using it to post all the idiotic garbage you’re posting this morning….
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 6th, 2012
9:32 am
just insane to politicize this
It’s premature, yes, to attribute specific political motivations on the part of the killer absent verifiable evidence.
But it is already “politicized,” meaning that we have politicians who have felt compelled to offer condolences, and it is being discussed in political forums like this.
TGT
August 6th, 2012
9:33 am
However, the tragedy in the Wisconsin case is compounded by the fact that its victims were gathering in a place of peaceful worship, and were apparently targeted because of their faith…Hate crimes that target groups have a much longer list of victims than do acts of blind, random violence such as that in Aurora. They are intended to inflict fear on all members of that particular group, to make them feel isolated and hated, and to a tragic degree they often succeed in doing so.
Typical liberal conclusion. As if millions across the country going to see the Batman film (or other movies) were not “fearful” of a repeat event. (Many probably didn’t go to the theatre based on such fear.) Yet nobody referred to the tragedy in Aurora as a “hate-crime.” (Rightfully so.)
Neither is it necessary to label the evil acts (especially with extra legal consequences) on 9-11 or the Ft. Hood shooter as “hate-crimes” in order for justice to be served.
By Jays thinking the Chick-fil-A “kiss-in” was a “hate-crime.” What else was it other than gay couples performing a sex act in front of people that were gathered in a peaceful restaurant who were targeted because of their faith?
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 6th, 2012
9:34 am
TGT, *kissing* is a “sex act”?
stands for decibels (SfBA)
August 6th, 2012
9:34 am
My elderly aunt will be surprised to learn that I performed a sex act on her a week ago.
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:35 am
RB from Gwinnett .
I am just saying what would have happened…… the right says all have a right to their guns for personal protection.
USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
9:35 am
“What else was it other than gay couples performing a sex act in front of people that were gathered in a peaceful restaurant who were targeted because of their faith?”
oh, FFS!!!
yes. kissing in front of people is EXACTLY like opening fire and shooting them
Just saying..
August 6th, 2012
9:38 am
USinUK – pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012-9:21 am: “Anybody got the over/under, in minutes, on the first NRA-owned legislator to parrot ” if only worshipers in the temple were armed…””
Sikhs are required by their religion to carry knives called a kirpan, actually -
Ah, the classic “bringing a knife to a gun fight”.
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:41 am
Up Up and Away……… YUP time to shut up an bury the collective heads in the sand.
Guns are a way of the American life, and hey you can buy over the internet enough to start your own small militia…….No reason to talk about that so early on a Monday morning……..gosh not all have even had their coffee yet.
Granny Godzilla - Union Thugette
August 6th, 2012
9:42 am
“What else was it other than gay couples performing a sex act in front of people that were gathered in a peaceful restaurant who were targeted because of their faith?”
Good Lord Almighty.
AS a child at May crowning we were taught to kiss the feet of the statue of the Virgin Mary.
How many of you can claim to have performed a sex act on the mother
of Jesus?
Brosephus™
August 6th, 2012
9:43 am
By Jays thinking the Chick-fil-A “kiss-in” was a “hate-crime.” What else was it other than gay couples performing a sex act in front of people that were gathered in a peaceful restaurant who were targeted because of their faith?
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USinUK - pro-gay-marriage thug and former Girl Scout
August 6th, 2012
9:44 am
Brocephus – 9:43 – word.
Jefferson
August 6th, 2012
9:44 am
Loony tunes with guns.
Poor Boy from Alabama
August 6th, 2012
9:45 am
It’s a little early to jump to conclusions about the motivation of the shooter.
Since the topic of hate crimes has been raised, here what we know from FBI statistics as of 2010:
http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/hate-crime/2010/narratives/hate-crime-2010-victims
In the Uniform Crime Reporting Program, the victim of a hate crime may be an individual, a business, an institution, or society as a whole. In 2010, the Nation’s law enforcement agencies reported that there were 8,208 victims of hate crimes. Of these victims, 9 were victimized in 4 separate multiple-bias incidents.
By bias motivation
An analysis of data for victims of single-bias hate crime incidents showed that:
48.2 percent were victims of an offender’s bias against a race.
18.9 percent were victims of an offender’s bias against a religion.
18.6 percent were victims of an offender’s bias against a particular sexual orientation.
13.7 percent were victims of an offender’s bias against an ethnicity/national origin.
0.6 percent were victims of an offender’s bias against a disability.
Religious bias
Of the 1,552 victims of an anti-religion hate crime:
67.0 percent were victims of an offender’s anti-Jewish bias.
12.7 percent were victims of an anti-Islamic bias.
4.2 percent were victims of an anti-Catholic bias.
3.0 percent were victims of an anti-Protestant bias.
0.5 percent were victims of an anti-Atheist/Agnostic bias.
9.1 percent were victims of a bias against other religions (anti-other religion).
3.5 percent were victims of a bias against groups of individuals of varying religions (anti-multiple religions, group).
To put these numbers in context, the FBI’s “Crime in the US, 2010″ shows that there were more than 10 million crimes committed in the US as of 2010. More than 1.2 million of that total were violent crimes.
http://www.fbi.gov/news/stories/2011/september/crime_091911/crime_091911
Let’s let law enforcement do their jobs before we jump to conclusions.
In the meantime, let’s offer our condolences to the victims of this senseless crime.
mm
August 6th, 2012
9:45 am
Look no farther than the hate talk on the radio and TV.
Peter
August 6th, 2012
9:45 am
Any thought on how many white Supremacists and skin heads will be voting for Obama in the fall ?
Keep Up the Good Fight!
August 6th, 2012
9:46 am
How many of you can claim to have performed a sex act on the mother
of Jesus?
Does it count if there was no Barry White music?
philosopher
August 6th, 2012
9:46 am
“What else was it other than gay couples performing a sex act in front of people that were gathered in a peaceful restaurant who were targeted because of their faith?”
Chick-Fil-A was NOT targeted because of their faith. They were targeted because they used their RELIGION to publicly place religious judgement on a group of fellow citizens… and their money to support legislation against those citizens. We enjoy free speech in this country…but then the other guy has a right to respond to that speech. It’s America, after all.
gadem
August 6th, 2012
9:48 am
TGT is a hoot…
TaxPayer
August 6th, 2012
9:50 am
People that have been in combat need to undergo regular and routine psych evaluations and the results need to be studied and acted upon in a timely fashion. Further, regardless of one’s concerns over gun control laws, people with questionable mental stability should not be given easy access to guns. It will not stop every incident but it may help save a few more innocent lives.