North Utah Faces Influx of Racists

NY Times ^ | April 4, 2003 | NICK MADIGAN

[Pharmboy]

For Freeper edumacashun...

[goodieD]

Exchange the word "white" for "black" and it becomes a story about "black pride" and "empowerment"... or "hispanic pride".. funny how wrong it is to be proud of your color when you're white.

[Cicero]

What a fearsome looking guy! I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark ally--NOT. (ROTFL).

Where does the New York Times dig these guys up? They must have scoured the whole country to find him. And no doubt the FBI has assigned a thousand agents to keep a watchful eye on him.

[Pharmboy]

Well, he evidently held still for the tattoo...

[Alex Murphy]

Bump

[Britton J Wingfield]

Nothing wrong with those guys that 230 grains of lead couldn't fix.

Seem harmless? Wait until you run into 5 of them out drinking.

[sharktrager]

"You just look at their faces, and you know they're trouble."

Sounds like racist profiling to me.

[sauropod]

OK. I have to ask. Why did you post this?

[Catspaw]

Exchange the word "white" for "black" and it becomes a story about "black pride" and "empowerment"... or "hispanic pride".. funny how wrong it is to be proud of your color when you're white.

You want these guys as neighbors? Of course you do. After all, they're white.

[weegee]

There are prison gangs of all colors and those who don't join up with someone for protection are easy pickings.

If the prison system did more to protect those in its keep, maybe the prisoners wouldn't need to seek protection by joining a gang.

[denydenydeny]

A further argument for "3 Strikes" legislation.

[SauronOfMordor]

It isn't their ideology that makes them trouble -- it's the fact thet they are PROFESSIONAL CRIMINALS! They were criminals BEFORE THEY WENT TO PRISON. That's WHY they were in PRISON.

Sheesh

[Britton J Wingfield]

If the prison system did more to protect those in its keep, maybe the prisoners wouldn't need to seek protection by joining a gang.

That is also true.

[Basil Duke]

As I recall, one of James Byrd's killers previously served time for burglary, and was repeatedly raped in prison by black inmates. He subsequently (a) joined the local chapter of Aryan Resistance for protection against future sexual assaults and (b) developed an intense hatred of all things African American. Thus, a relatively petty criminal was transformed by "the system" into a sociopathic, "white supremacist" assassin.

I wonder how many others there are out there like him. And I wonder when the country's penal system will begin regarding rape as a crime that needs to be punished severely rather than ignored or, in some cases, implicitly facilitated as a means of disciplining particularly problematic inmates.

[GovernmentShrinker]

Amputation for the first offense would solve the problem quickly.

[MineralMan]

"What a fearsome looking guy! I wouldn't want to meet him in a dark ally--NOT. (ROTFL).

Where does the New York Times dig these guys up? "

You're pretty brave, eh? I guess you never met any of these guys, then. You can't tell by looking at someone whether or not he's dangerous, and some of these aryan cult guys are right nasty.

I hope you never have to find out in some dark alley. Be careful. Some skinny little guys with tattoos can surprise the heck out of you.

If you think this type doesn't exist and is not dangerous, then you need to think again.

[VegasCowboy]

"There's not a lot of reason for young adults to feel positively about their world. They're looking for someone to hate."

Really? How about feeling positively about living in this great country, full of opportunity for all? Man, some people really need to look at what they have. What a bunch of sourpusses.

[Pharmboy]

Perhaps a few reasons: First, the NY Times thought it noteworthy to print a story about an area of the country that is remote: why and why now? Has there been a whopping increase in crime? Second, I figured there were probably some Freepers out in those parts and curious to see their reaction to this story. Are these white supremacists obviously present out there or is this mostly a figment of the Times' imagination?

Now I must ask you: why are you quetioning why I would post this? Is there a reason why you feel I should not have? Please check my posting history and you will see that I have psoted a fair number of articles from the NY Times for a variety of reaons.

[Pining_4_TX]

Isn't it amazing how these guys always go to some place like nothern Utah where they are unlikely to come into contact with any black people? I'd believe their bravado more if they set up camp in Harlem.

[PoisedWoman]

I lived in North Idaho, long KNOWN to be the home of the Aryan Nation of white supremacists. Actually, there were about 14 old Aryan guys living on a ranch near Hayden Lake, the rumoured "hotbed" of supremacists but actually a lovely community with more Cadillacs than Fords.

The Aryans threw a parade in Coeur d'Alene, and a million police officers showed up to make sure the supremacist crowd didn't misbehave. The world's media was there to report on these miscreants. However, fewer than 100 marchers paraded down the street and hardly any people turned out to watch and most of those who did were plainclothesmen.

To satisfy my curiosity, I checked it out personally while ostensibly walking my dog though town. My Keeshond and I are probably listed by the FBI as white supremacist sympathizers. LOL