He said he only allowed whites on his property — and no Jews. Showing up for the barbecue and cross burning in early May, McKnight said he was greeted by man dressed in a KKK robe and holding a rifle.
The man later identified himself as Mark Eliseuson, a Winkler associate who once built a Klan snowman in nearby Spirit Lake. Before the cross burning, Winkler gathered his followers around a campfire where he conducted a Christian Identity-style church service and extolled the virtues of Adolf Hitler and two former prominent residents of North Idaho — white supremacists Vincent Bertollini and Randy Weaver.
Like Winkler, Weaver had past ties to the Aryan Nations, unsuccessfully ran for local sheriff and then built a cabin on a mountaintop where the infamous Ruby Ridge siege occurred 20 years ago this past August.
We look at the media, we look at society in general. We look at even our public school systems. Beside KKK robes, many of those in attendance wore Aryan Nations patches and indicated they lived in nearby communities. Winkler said he was the leader of a klavern, or local chapter, of the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan — the same Klan faction that Butler had cozy ties with for three decades and which was founded in by David Duke. Winkler showed the photojournalist a two-story log cabin he was building on the property, while living in one of the nearby travel trailers.
A second trailer is used for cooking and storage and a third houses another family, McKnight said. But conditions at the property reportedly have prompted state child welfare workers to contact the Winklers.
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About Us. Get stories that empower and uplift daily. See our other FREE newsletters. By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy. Select free newsletters: The Weekender. Today's Highlights. The group brought the lawsuit that forced Butler to sell his compound. Butler's estimated followers dispersed, migrating to Florida, Alabama, Pennsylvania, upstate New York and the Midwest, Gissel says. Recent activity.
White extremists surface from time to time around the Northwest: Examples:. Paul R. Mullet of Athol. Mullet was attracted by rural Grant County's remoteness, relatively low-cost property and proximity to the mountains for survival training.
Kevin W. Shaun Winkler. Before the election, Winkler and a group of followers burned a cross on his property outside Priest River. Police say he was involved in the demonstration at Atilano's Mexican restaurant in Coeur d'Alene on May 19, and was slapped and punched in scuffles with counter-protesters.
But some remained. Tattooed young supremacists occasionally patronize Kip Schlinker's Coeur d'Alene sidewalk sandwich stand near Atilano's restaurant. His savory Philly steak sandwiches are favorites with both the supremacists and a group of black basketball players from North Idaho College, he says. Gravitating back.
Some white supremacists and separatists cluster around tiny apocalyptic churches in northern Idaho's backwoods. Such congregations are typified by the Yahweh church attended by the Weavers, and they often interpret Old Testament biblical admonitions against adultery as ordinances against interracial marriage.
Interracial marriage is viewed as a Satanic plot to destroy the white race. White supremacists tend to believe whites are a chosen, superior race.
Separatists believe in living separately and not mixing races. Ben Wolfinger in Coeur d'Alene. He says newcomers claiming allegiance to neo-Nazis and white supremacists sometimes show up here, drawn by Butler's now-gone compound and the region's reputation as an extremist stronghold.
They often leave when they discover their beliefs are unpopular here, he says. Potok believes extremists are gravitating back to northern Idaho, northeastern Washington and western Montana, viewing the region as "the last best place in the face of a world they cannot bear.
Still, the extremist focus could be shifting away from its previous fixation on Jews, blacks and other minorities, says retired Green Beret Lt. That's suggested by the Aug. Page was identified as a member of two white supremacist rock bands.
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