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Showing Original Post only (View all)Wis. police say shootings at Sikh temple treated as domestic terrorism, FBI to investigate [View all]
Source: Washington Post
OAK CREEK, Wis. Police in Wisconsin say the FBI will handle the investigation of shootings at a Sikh temple near Milwaukee.
Oak Creek Police Chief John Edwards says the case is being treated as a domestic terrorism case and the FBI is better equipped to handle that.
Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/wis-police-say-shootings-at-sikh-temple-treated-as-domestic-terrorism-fbi-to-investigate/2012/08/05/adb95a7e-df43-11e1-8d48-2b1243f34c85_story.html
MSNBC is also reporting that the dead gunman was wearing tactical gear.
If this villain got his marching orders from Mark Levine, Michael Savage, or Limbaugh, the ONLY appropriate response would be to tear down those thugs' broadcasting towers.
Our government will NOT do it.
Enough is enough.
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Wis. police say shootings at Sikh temple treated as domestic terrorism, FBI to investigate [View all]
OneAngryDemocrat
Aug 2012
OP
More tactical gear? Another premature, uh ..., whatever from the TP "tree of liberty" crowd??? Or...
patrice
Aug 2012
#4
Wonderful. Meanwhile a video I posted a little while ago already has Right Wingers enraged
Spitfire of ATJ
Aug 2012
#14
I turned to Mr Nay and said the same thing. "Betcha a wingnut thought they were 'muslins.'"
Nay
Aug 2012
#27
You know it's creepy that the narrative hints that it's okay if it's the Muslim they're after.
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#16
Agree that this may well be domestic terrorism. Why isn't the Fort Hood shootings meeting
24601
Aug 2012
#20
Fort Hood was just a military matter? So was the 9-11 attack on the Pentagon. Both were
24601
Aug 2012
#30
So will the media do 24/7 coverage, and will we have flags at half mast?
progressivebydesign
Aug 2012
#22
Please don't get this wrong: I'm glad they are calling it a Domestic Terrorist attack. It needs
Justice wanted
Aug 2012
#29