Wisconsin Sikh Temple Shooter Organized Richmond, Virginia, Hate Group Concert

Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) continues to unearth frightening information on Wade Michael Page's involvement with white supremacy groups - including Page's involvement in helping to organize a white supremacy hate rock concert in Richmond, Virginia.  Virginia is sadly fertile ground for white supremacy groups and similar anti-minority groups.  According to the Southern Poverty Law Center - which first labeled Page as a white supremacist - there are 34 registered hate groups in Virginia.  All but five (5) are white supremacy/anti-immigrant/anti-Muslim groups.  As a result, it is not surprising that Richmond provided a popular venue for a gathering of those who support so-called hate rock as CNN has described it:

The weekend killings at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin have brought a furious fringe genre of American music out of the background and to the front of the mix.

So called hate-rock bands like the one once led by temple gunman Wade Page are increasingly important to the U.S. white supremacist movement, drawing in new recruits and bringing in cash, according to groups that keep tabs on those groups.

[W]hite-power music comes in," he said. "It bridges the gap between healthy youth rebellion and hardcore white supremacy, providing that kind of Aryan identity."  .   .   .   .  "It really provides the bulk of the financing, such as it is, that neo-Nazi and related kinds of groups are able to earn in this country," added Mark Potok, who tracks white supremacist groups for the Alabama-based Southern Poverty Law Center.

So what role did Page play in organizing a hate fest in the Richmond area in March, 2012?  Here are some highlights from Realcourage.org:

Wade Michael Page, the terrorist killer behind the mass murder attack on a Sikh temple on August 4, 2012, was also one of the organizing coordinators of a white supremacist hate group concert in Richmond, Virginia on March 17, 2012.   Responsible for Equality And Liberty (R.E.A.L.) has investigated his white supremacist associations, and we have identified national and international contacts who have been involved with this white supremacist terrorist. 

The March 17, 2012 Richmond, Virginia concert organized by terrorist Wade Michael Page featured one of his bands, called “Definite Hate,” as well as other white supremacist musical bands including “Open Season Australia” (Australia), “Chaos 88″ (New Jersey), Landsknecht (Germany),  ”FucFace88″  (Florida). 

The terrorist Wade Page assisted a white supremacist group, called the Confederate Hammerskins (CHS), in organizing the event. Most of the information regarding the CHS events are maintained behind a wall of secrecy to their members. But a web cache of certain files led to discovery of communications and context on how the Confederate Hammerskins and their associated white supremacists organized such white supremacist hate concerts. 

[T]he flier promoting the event was created by someone with the screen name “End Apathy,” undoubtedly [Page] himself;  ”End Apathy” was the other band that Wade Michael Page led.   “End Apathy” used Internet tool “Photo Bucket” to control and distribute the final event brochure, and the CHS communications show how this was approach was used to ensure secrecy of white supremacist concert planning.   “End Apathy” distributed their first flier for the Richmond, Virginia concert on October 7, 2011.

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The gruesome images on the terrorist’s albums clearly communicated his hatred for others, especially the image on the first album, Definite Hate – Violent Victory, which shows a white individual bludgeoning a black individual with a chain. The cover of this white supremacist hate group album clearly demonstrates that goal to promote violence, as does the second “Definite Hate” album with a blood-covered axe used by a white supremacist.

The question for the Richmond community should be – how will they address this ongoing racial hatred in Richmond that led to members of its community cheering for the hate of a white supremacist band which last weekend resulted in murder on people of a minority group?

What is very disturbing is that literally while I was typing this post, MSNBC was reporting on the racist messaging being used against Barack Obama by Mitt Romney's campaign and supporting PAC's.    As I said in an earlier post the Republican Party is knowingly fanning the flames of hate that already burn too high in the hearts and minds of people like Wade Michael Page.