“once synonymous” - that’s rich. Today’s ID is rotten to the core with right-wing domestic terrorists.

The incident occurred in a part of the Pacific Northwest that was once synonymous with hate groups and has lately seen a rise in extremism even among its elected officials. Coeur D’Alene and northern Idaho became known as a haven for extremism and racist groups in the 1970s and '80s when the Aryan Nations relocated its headquarters there. Skinheads held parades in the 1990s. Activity declined following a lawsuit, but two summers ago 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front were arrested there, with plans to disrupt a queer pride event.

“This is yet another example to those individuals who claim incorrectly that racism is no longer a problem. They are wrong,” Tony Stewart with the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations said at the press conference, carried by KXLY television.

“We are witnessing a troubling growth of a very toxic environment in our country and locally, by individuals and organized extremist groups to advance many forms of hatred,” Stewart said.