The Sikh temple shooter's white-supremacist ties: A guide

From his taste for white-power punk to his membership in a hard-core white-supremacy group, a disturbing picture is emerging of Wade Michael Page

Wade Michael Page in an undated picture from a myspace.com web page for the musical group End Apathy: Police officers were tipped off to Page's extremist views by his tattoos, including this
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As more details are unearthed about Wade Michael Page, the alleged murderer of six Sikhs at a temple in Oak Creek, Wis., it's clear he "was nothing if not a relentless promoter of hate and the style of music he loved," says Nick R. Martin at Talking Points Memo. That music would be the white-power hard-core rock he played in several bands, one of many clues to his participation in the white-supremacist movement. Page, shot dead by police at the scene of the crime, can't answer any questions, but here's a look at what we know about his ideology, connections to white-power groups, and troubling musical career:

How do we know Page was a white supremacist?

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