Incidents of apparent hate crimes and hate group activities listed here are drawn primarily from media sources.
These incidents include only a fraction of the approximately 260,000 reported and unreported hate crimes that a 2013 government study estimated occur annually.
Ku Klux Klan fliers were left in driveways throughout a neighborhood.
January 20, 2015
Leafletting
Post Falls, Idaho
Fliers from the Traditionalist American Knights were left on cars in an apartment complex.
September 30, 2014
Assault
Pocatello, Idaho
Nathan Jessop, a member of the hate group Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints (FLDS), was sentenced to 90 days in jail on child injury charges for the mistreatment of teenage boys placed in his home as discipline by the sect.
July 12, 2014
Vandalism
Kootenai County, Idaho
A historical marker on the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s reservation was defaced with the racist messages “White power” and “Die (expletive) Indians."
May 14, 2014
Legal Developments
Boise, Idaho
Jonathan Lynn Henery, 28, and Beau Edward Hansen, 30, were indicted on federal hate crime charges for allegedly attacking a black man because of his race in October 2013.
June 19, 2012
Legal Developments
Bayview, Idaho
Self-proclaimed racist skinhead Daren Abbey, 29, was sentenced to up to five years in prison for threatening to stab a black man.
May 04, 2012
Intelligence
Sandpoint, Idaho
Shaun Winkler, 33, who has long- standing connections to the Aryan Nations, held a cross lighting ceremony at his compound.
April 04, 2012
Harassment
Boise, Idaho
A hand-addressed invitation to join the Ku Klux Klan was sent to Idaho's only black legislator.
November 10, 2011
Legal Developments
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Edgar J. Steele, 66, a self- described white separatist and “attorney for the politically incorrect,” was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison for plotting the pipe bomb murder of his wife in 2010.
August 27, 2011
Harassment
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
A white man allegedly yelled racial slurs at a black man walking past his house. Joel T. Diekhoff was charged with felony malicious harassment.
June 12, 2011
Vandalism
Boise, Idaho
Anti-Semitic graffiti was written on a Jewish center.
December 25, 2010
Harassment
Twin Falls, Idaho
A Muslim woman was verbally harassed by a man shouting anti-Muslim sentiments.
October 29, 2010
Legal Developments
Couer d'Alene, Idaho
Two brothers were found guilty of racially harassing and threatening a Hispanic man in August 2009.
June 29, 2010
Leafletting
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Two males posted swastikas and other racist material on utility poles along a portion of Highway 95.
June 22, 2010
Harassment
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
A human rights activist found a noose hanging in her carport.
April 20, 2010
Vandalism
Idaho Falls, Idaho
Rocks with derogatory messages about Mormons were thrown through windows at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
April 19, 2010
Harassment
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho
Ira G. Tankovich, 48, was convicted of conspiracy to commit disturbing the peace for allegedly using a racial slur while threatening a Latino man in August 2009.
