FROM THE ARCHIVE

Aryan Nation leader says goodbye

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OCTOBER 24, 2000

Richard Butler, founder and leader of the Aryan Nations, has said goodbye to his compound in Idaho in order to settle part of a $6.3 million judgement against him and his white supremacist group.

Butler won't be saying goodbye to Idaho just yet, however. A wealthy friend and fellow supremacist, Vincent Bertollini, has bought a home for Butler in a nearby community, but it can't be put in Butler's name or else it will be seized.

Butler has also changed the name of his organization, now that he can no longer use the "Aryan Nations," as required by the lawsuit. The name "Aryan National Alliance" has been chosen as an alternative.

Victoria Keenan, the woman who won the suit against Butler, and her husband, Richard Wallace, have recently filed a police report in Hayden. Police say a man who appeared to be associated with the Aryan Nations threatened the couple.

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Aryan Nations leader moves out (AP 10/24)
Aryan victim threatened (The Spokesman Review 10/24)

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