Idaho: Aryan Nations gone, but stain remains in Idaho
— AP reports in Idaho Stateman:
— “The house where Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler lived has been demolished. So has the church where he preached his racist religion. Cows graze where hundreds of white supremacists used to burn crosses in the summer.”
— “The Aryan Nations is long gone from northern Idaho, but its reputation lingers to the chagrin of locals.”
— “When a man recently shot up the Holocaust Museum in Washington, D.C., much was made of the fact that accused shooter James von Brunn spent a few days in 2004 in this area, living with a fellow anti-Semite before he was evicted for being too radical.”
— “It’s not unusual to see people sporting Confederate flags, anti-government slogans or even a swastika tattoo.”
— “Many of the newcomers hail from California, including a large cadre of retired law enforcement officers, of whom O.J. Simpson trial figure Mark Fuhrman is the best known.”