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AM: Celebrating Aryans Bankruptcy

Norm Gissel, a Coeur d'Alene attorney who assisted Southern Poverty Law Center attorney Morris Dees in the legal case that bankrupted the Aryan Nations, receives applause after addressing the crowd at the Veterans Memorial Plaza in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday. Alison Boggs' SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

Question: Would the Aryan Nations still be a significant presence in Kootenai County, if Richard Butler and his organization hadn't been sued into bankruptcy?



D.F. Oliveria
D.F. (Dave) Oliveria joined The Spokesman-Review in 1984. He currently is a columnist and compiles the Huckleberries Online blog and writes about North Idaho in his Huckleberries column.

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