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History of Hate

Racist vandalism and literature continue to crop up in the Inland Northwest nearly a decade after the bankruptcy of the Aryan Nations in North Idaho and the death of its founder, Richard Butler. Beyond the hate, however, the region has its share of stories about groups and individuals who have stood up against racism, such as Tony Stewart and the founding of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations. Read more about the issues here.

News >  Idaho

‘Nobody thinks it’s happening’: Parents decry racism – and denial – in Boise-area schools

Editor’s note: This story contains descriptions of racial incidents and quotations of racial slurs. Anna Marie Young has kept a record of every time her children, who are biracial, faced racist comments or bullying in their West Ada district schools since 2022. There was the time classmates called her 13-year-old son an “overgrown monkey,” and the time a student called her daughter a “thing” ...
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Spokane County Prosecutor’s Office won’t retry Black man whose convictions prompted charge of racism by appellate judge

Deputy Prosecutor Preston McCollam filed paperwork with the Washington Court of Appeals on Friday requesting the existing resisting arrest charges be dropped against Darnai Vaile. The majority opinion issued May 11 by a three-member panel of the Court of Appeals found that the judge and prosecutors had denied Vaile's right to defend himself by not playing for the jury audio of his arrest outside a Spokane Valley bar in August 2019. 
News >  Crime/Public Safety

Black man’s resisting arrest conviction overturned by Court of Appeals; judge says case is indicative of racism in Spokane County

The unpublished, 80-page opinion handed down by a three-judge panel of the Division III Court of Appeals vacates the conviction of Darnai L. Vaile, now 26. In statements Thursday, both the current and former sheriffs of Spokane County called the charges of racial bigotry inappropriate, inaccurate and disrespectful to law enforcement and women who are victims of assault.
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