Arizona: Chemical attack was hate crime against NW side couple, official says
— Arizona Daily Star reports:
— “Chemicals left near a home on the northwest side that created a noxious cloud were part of a hate crime attack, a sheriff’s official said Sunday evening.”
— “The attack was racially motivated against a man and woman who live in the Casas del Oro Norte community in the 2800 block of West Magee Road, near North Shannon Road, said Deputy Dawn Barkman, a sheriff’s spokeswoman.”
— “The home’s front door and garage door had also been sealed shut from the outside with a spray foam sealer, she said. An incendiary device was also found near the garage door, she said.”
— “The situation started about 4:50 a.m. Sunday when homeowners reported they smelled an unusual odor. Deputies found several inches of an unspecified chemical liquid in a yard nearby. They also found what appears to be chlorine tablets covered in liquid in the yard.”
— “The chemicals produced a ‘flammable vapor’ that made a white cloud, which floated toward the southwest, mostly south toward Interstate 10, she said.”
Day: August 2, 2009
Idaho: Aryan Nations gone, but stain remains in Idaho
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.”