Distribution of literature compared to bombing

I would hardly call the distribution of literature saying “Love your White Race” hateful or remotely comparable to bombing a building/home.

“Hate is a strong word and so White Supremacy is all about hate. It’s called a hate crime when they distribute literature or when they bomb a house,” she said.

Police cited the men with littering after dozens of baggies with white supremacist literature inside were dumped on people’s front lawns. Neighbors say this isn’t the first time and most likely it won’t be last time literature.

“We’re a wholesome neighborhood kids trick-or-treat, kids play games in their yards, they ride their bikes across the street,” resident Ed Price said.

A summer’s day doesn’t go buy without Ed spending time in his yard. Because of that he knows his neighbors pretty well, so on Saturday he noticed a Ford pickup truck driving around the neighborhood was out of place.

“It had one guy driving and two closely shaven guys in the back and they were throwing what looked like little white fliers or sale ads into the yards across the street from me as they went by,” Price said.

What he saw were plastic baggies with small rocks and an Aryan Nations flyer that read “Love your White Race” inside. The contact information on the flier gave an Athol post office box.

“I live right here on the Centennial Trail … this is a family neighborhood, people take care of their yards that’s what we want here. We don’t want hate,” Price said.

This time police knew who did the littering of racist paraphernalia and issued misdemeanor citations for littering to 45-year-old Paul Mullet and 27-year-old Kevin McGurre and a citation for aiding to 31-year-old Todd Weston. Even Rachel Dolezal received one of the fliers, which she laughed about. Rachel helps run the Human Rights Education Institute in downtown Coeur d’Alene. She said that whoever is circulating the fliers is committing a crime.

“Hate is a strong word and so White Supremacy is all about hate. It’s called a hate crime when they distribute literature or when they bomb a house,” she said.