Authorities have identified a 40-year-old Army veteran and white supremacist as the gunman in Sunday’s Sikh temple shooting, the latest in a string of post-9/11 attacks that has shaken Sikh Americans’ sense of security.

“Democracy Now!” speaks with Sikh leaders in Wisconsin, civil rights lawyers and journalists who have been following the story.

— Posted by Alexander Reed Kelly.

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