Stewart: No Racist Resurgence
Tony Stewart (when asked by SReporter Alison Boggs if racist fliers dropped on Coeur d'Alene lawns represents a resurgence of the Aryan Nations): I definitely think it’s something else. It’s not something to ignore, but for (those of us) who have been observing this for almost 30 years, there is no comparison. Richard Butler came here and created the compound and had all the buildings, and had both a political organization and a so-called religious organization, and had services there every Sunday. That is a major difference between what seems to be two men who have no facilities, and who … operate out of a post office box, who are trying to suggest that they’re somehow significant compared with (Butler). There is no evidence they have any followers.
Question: What do you tell out-of-state friends, family, and others when they ask about the Aryan Nations presence in the Coeur d'Alene area?