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• Extremist groups burgeon

  March 9, 2012 in City on Page A1 The number of militias and other extremist movements in the Inland Northwest and across the country continues to rise, according to a new report from the Southern Poverty Law Center. … 41

• Three brothers accused of hate-crime assaults

  February 10, 2012 in City on Page A7 A 19-year-old man and his two brothers have been charged with hate crimes for allegedly attacking people because of their race. Deven James-Allen Hood is accused of smashing car windows … 4

• Police say threats led to blows, charges

  July 9, 2011 in City on Page A5 A self-proclaimed skinhead was knocked unconscious by a black man after threatening to stab him last weekend in Bayview, Idaho, officials said Friday. Daren Christopher Abbey, 28, was booked into … 15

• MLK bomb suspect indicted on new charges

    April 21, 2011 in City A grand jury indicted Martin Luther King, Jr. march bomb suspect Kevin William Harpham on a federal hate crime charge today. 5

• Police: Dispute between teen girls led to hate-crime probe

  February 21, 2011 in City Vandalism investigated as a possible religious hate crime was the result of a dispute between two teenage girls, Spokane police say. 17

• Brothers guilty of racially harassing man

  October 29, 2010 in City on Page A1 Following the third trial in eight months, two Coeur d’Alene brothers were found guilty Thursday of racially harassing and threatening a Hispanic man in August 2009. Sentencing was set for … 1

• Defendant has tattoos linked to Aryan beliefs

  October 28, 2010 in City on Page A5 The tattoos on a man accused of racially harassing a Hispanic man last summer are common symbols representing Aryan neo-Nazi beliefs, the Idaho Department of Correction’s top official on gang …

• Third hate crime trial begins for brothers

  October 27, 2010 in City on Page A7 The third round of a hate crime trial opened Tuesday in Coeur d’Alene, with two brothers accused of racially harassing a Hispanic man in the summer of 2009. The first … 1

• Unfurling banners of racial tolerance

  June 22, 2010 in City on Page A1 Human rights activists in Coeur d’Alene have decided to fight flags with flags. For months, people have been walking into the Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d’Alene asking what … 8

• Attempted robbery called hate crime

  April 9, 2010 in City on Page A6 A man accused of trying to rob a Spokane taco truck owner may have targeted the victim because of his race, new court documents allege. Michael A. Brewer, 22, has … 11

• Bigotry’s embers need constant monitoring

  February 10, 2010 in Opinion on Page A13 “… the flames of Saturday night’s cross might be out, but the kind of needless hatred and bigotry they spread apparently isn’t going to be quickly snuffed.”

• Scourge of Hatred

    February 7, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 In a small house in Coeur d’Alene, 89-year-old Sid Rosen lives out his sunset years going through his life’s mementos. ■ Tucked away in a box, the World War II … 24

• Task force joins hate crime probe

  February 4, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations is offering up to $1,000 for tips leading to the solution of any of the hate crimes that have plagued the Inland …

• Reward offered for tips in North Idaho hate crimes

  February 3, 2010 in Idaho The Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations is offering up to $1,000 for tips leading to the solution of any of the hate crimes that have plagued the Inland … 7

• Vandals leave racist message

  December 4, 2009 in News, Idaho A Coeur d’Alene man of Middle Eastern descent left his pickup parked downtown Thursday night and returned to find it spray-painted with swastikas and a racial slur and a front …

• Hate-crimes protection grows

  October 29, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Wednesday signed the first major piece of federal gay rights legislation, a milestone that activists compared to the passage of 1960s civil rights legislation …

• Congress adds gays to hate-crimes laws

  October 23, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – Physical attacks on people based on their sexual orientation will join the list of federal hate crimes in a major expansion of the civil rights-era law Congress approved …

• House backs law to protect gays

  October 9, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – A long-debated bill to strengthen the federal hate-crime law to cover violence against gay people was approved by the Democratic-controlled House on Thursday, the first major expansion of …

• NAACP leader urges action against racism

  October 1, 2009 in City on Page A1 Spokane Mayor Mary Verner quoted Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and spoke of the city’s “long history” of standing against crimes based on race at a news conference Wednesday. City … 10

• Rights educator finds noose on porch of Spokane home

  September 24, 2009 in City on Page A1 A black woman who directs educational programs for Coeur d’Alene’s Human Rights Education Institute awoke Sunday morning to find a noose on the doorstep of her north Spokane home. It …

• Federal grand jury indicts 4 in hate crime

  February 13, 2009 in Idaho on Page A6 BOISE – A federal grand jury has indicted four people accused of committing a hate crime in an attack on a black man outside a southwestern Idaho store on the …

• Fires Destroy 2 Predominantly White Churches In South

  June 29, 1996 in Nation/World on Page A8 A rural, predominantly white church was destroyed by fire before daybreak Friday. The only thing salvaged from its 129-year-old sanctuary was the white cross from the steeple that had fallen …

• Arrests Prompt Army To Probe Hate Group Ties

  December 13, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A4 Army Secretary Togo D. West Jr. announces the investigation of soldier participation in hate groups. Photo by Associated Press