Police: Racist poster suspects may be transients

Police believe the people suspected of hanging Aryan posters in Coeur d’Alene recently are transients.

Because they are, the department is having a difficult time locating them, said Mario Rios, Coeur d’Alene police detective. But officers don’t believe the suspects are affiliated with the church of Jesus Christ of Aryan Nations, either.

The department is still investigating but believes the posters, which had lightning bolts, an iron cross and the A.S.I. on them, were hung by a man or men out of the Olympia, Wash. area, according to their investigation. A.S.I. stands for American Socialist Intelligence, police believe.

The posters were hung along U.S. highway 95 between Neider and Bosanko avenues at the end of June. The license plate for the vehicle spotted at the scene came back to a transient. Since then, police received another report of similar fliers July 2 at Fourth Street and Best Avenue.