Posted on Aug 8, 2022
10 years after Sikh temple shooting, a victim’s son and a former white supremacist speak out...
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Pardeep Kaleka lost his father 10 years ago when a gunman with ties to white supremacist groups opened fire in a Wisconsin gurdwara, killing six people. But he says he found an unlikely and controversial way to deal with his grief — reaching out to a former white supremacist.
The two men have spoken out against hate together at events, as the Sikh community continues to heal a decade after the deadly rampage.
On Aug. 5, 2012, the gunman, Wade Michael Page, who had ties to white supremacist organizations, entered the Oak Creek gurdwara, a Sikh house of worship, and fatally shot six congregants before killing himself. He wounded four others, one of whom died in March 2020 from injuries sustained in the shooting.
The U.S. Department of Justice declared the mass shooting both a hate crime and a terrorist act, and its anniversary comes as members of the Sikh community look back on it against a backdrop of rising hate and violence.
The two men have spoken out against hate together at events, as the Sikh community continues to heal a decade after the deadly rampage.
On Aug. 5, 2012, the gunman, Wade Michael Page, who had ties to white supremacist organizations, entered the Oak Creek gurdwara, a Sikh house of worship, and fatally shot six congregants before killing himself. He wounded four others, one of whom died in March 2020 from injuries sustained in the shooting.
The U.S. Department of Justice declared the mass shooting both a hate crime and a terrorist act, and its anniversary comes as members of the Sikh community look back on it against a backdrop of rising hate and violence.
10 years after Sikh temple shooting, a victim’s son and a former white supremacist speak out...
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Courage!
For Mr. Kaleka to reach out to a man who at one time hated because of ignorance and fear and who now knows he has been wrong and is working to correct the errors of his ways is - powerful. And powerful on so many levels!
It is encouraging to know the human spirit has the unbridled capacity to grow beyond its former self into a new and much better self. It is unfortunate that while this comes from NBC News online that in the "raging TV media" it was not a story from the talking-heads!!!
Just saying...................
For Mr. Kaleka to reach out to a man who at one time hated because of ignorance and fear and who now knows he has been wrong and is working to correct the errors of his ways is - powerful. And powerful on so many levels!
It is encouraging to know the human spirit has the unbridled capacity to grow beyond its former self into a new and much better self. It is unfortunate that while this comes from NBC News online that in the "raging TV media" it was not a story from the talking-heads!!!
Just saying...................
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For those of who live in Wisconsin, this shook us badly. We never thought we would see this type of event in our state. Conservative WTMJ Radio host Steve Scaffidi was the mayor of Oak Creek for about 3 months when this occurred. He talks about this often about this time every year. The shooting has had a lifetime effect on him. Of the Sikh people, he has developed a love and admiration of these peace loving, optimistic people. As a gunner owner, he has expressed his disappointment in our seeming lack of desire to seriously seek solutions to reduce violence.
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