'Racists' on trial

AUGUST 29, 2000

Edgar Steele, a lawyer representing members of the Aryan Nation, called his own clients and the white supremacist organization "racists" as a trial filed by a Native family got underway in Couer D'Alene, Idaho, on Monday.

The Keenan family is suing Aryan Nations founder Richard Butler for a violent incident in 1998. Two members were convicted of assault and are in prison while a third is a fugitive.

A judge ruled the family could sue for punitive damages.

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Aryan Nations trial begins (The Seattle Times 8/29)