Aryan Nations back in Coeur d'Alene

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Sun, 04-19-2009 - 3:26pm

Racist group leaves fliers on lawns: Coeur d'Alene neighborhood targeted for recruitment

Residents of a north Coeur d'Alene subdivision awoke Friday to find racist fliers on their lawns, distributed as recruitment letters by Aryan Nations, a white supremacist group.


By Alison Boggs


The Spokesman-Review




Residents of a north Coeur d'Alene subdivision awoke Friday to find racist fliers on their lawns, distributed as recruitment letters by Aryan Nations, a white supremacist group.


"I saw Aryan Nations and put it in the trash," said Garvin Jones, who lives in the neighborhood southwest of Atlas Road and Prairie Avenue. "What's wrong with these people? Give me a break. I bet if you went back in their family history, not one is 100 percent white."


Jones and dozens of his neighbors found the fliers on their lawns, inside baggies that also held small rocks.


They depicted a girl asking her father what he did during the "revolution" and asking "Where have all the White people gone daddy?" and "Why did those dark men take mommy away?" The fliers were signed "Aryan Nations, Church of Jesus Christ Christian," and listed a post office box and a Web site. The group's address is listed as "Couer d'Alene, Idaho."


The Aryan Nations Web site lists Jerald O'Brien and Michael Lombard as the "pastors" who have taken over after longtime leader Richard Butler's death in September 2004.


O'Brien said area residents can expect the dissemination of "a lot more" fliers and said "like-minded individuals will respond and seek membership." He said the election of President Barack Obama has served as the "greatest recruiting tool ever." He said he had "several handfuls" of members in Coeur d'Alene.



Remainder of article at http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2009080775_webaryannation18n.html


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Mon, 04-20-2009 - 2:03am
These folks want attention, and it looks like some can't resist giving it to them. :(
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Mon, 04-20-2009 - 8:32am

They should be fined stiffly for littering.

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Mon, 04-20-2009 - 3:51pm

So you suggest that the people in Couer d'Alene just ignore them instead of taking action & speaking out against the hatred, prejudice & bigotry that the Aryan Nations preach?



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Mon, 04-20-2009 - 4:29pm
The KKK showed up in close to here a few years back. They left leaflets. They were charged with littering. When they were trying to recruit, everyone turned their backs to them and didn't say a word. It was great!
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Mon, 04-20-2009 - 5:01pm

Good for them!!


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Mon, 04-20-2009 - 5:58pm
Exactly - these people thrive on confrontation.
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Mon, 04-20-2009 - 6:32pm
Sounds like wendygirl has been busy.;-)










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Tue, 04-21-2009 - 4:03pm

ROTFLOL!!


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Tue, 04-21-2009 - 4:07pm

True, but one must 'actively ignore' them.