MY TURN: Keenans v. Aryan Nations 25th Anniversary: Justice triumphs
Tony Stewart
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Richard Butler and the neo-Nazis arrived in northern Idaho in 1973 and established the political arm known as the Aryan Nations and the religious arm called the Church of Jesus Christ, Christian. They purchased 40 acres just northeast of Hayden, Idaho, on Rimrock Road. In late December 1980, members of the neo-Nazi group targeted the restaurant in Hayden of Jewish owner Sid Rosen with swastikas and other racist graffiti.
In response to this victimization of a Jewish business owner, the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations (KCTFHR) was born the first week of February 1981 during a meeting at the First Christian Church in Coeur d’Alene as a counter to this hate activity.
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