Aryan Nations' parade shrinks
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COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho — Reflecting how far the Aryan Nations has fallen since losing a $6.3 million civil-rights lawsuit, only a small number of people marched in an annual parade yesterday through the streets of this resort city.
Thirty supporters of Aryan Nations leader Richard Butler walked in near silence - watched by fewer than 100 curious spectators behind yellow police tape.
There were no counter demonstrators.
Coeur d'Alene Mayor Steve Judy said the city could not deny the Aryans a parade permit but urged residents to stay away from downtown during the march.
The parade is part of the annual Aryan World Congress that Butler formerly hosted at his 20-acre compound 15 miles north of the city near Hayden Lake. Butler lost the property as part of a $6.3 million award to Victoria and Jason Keenan after they were assaulted by Aryan Nations security guards.
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An investigation by Pierce County officials found that Deputy Gabriel Fajardo was forced to shoot Herbert Wesley Roland to protect himself and others, Prosecutor Gerald Horne said in a news release Friday. Horne said no inquest will be called in the death of Roland, 55.
Fajardo arrived at a south Tacoma apartment building June 8 to find Roland chasing residents of the apartment complex with a sword. When Roland refused to put down the 2-1/2-foot sword and began swinging it at Fajardo, the deputy opened fire. Roland died at the scene.
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Man shot and killed after pulling knife on deputies
A Whatcom County sheriff's deputy shot and killed a 55-year-old man yesterday after the man resisted arrest and pulled two knives, the sheriff's office said.
Deputies responded to a domestic-assault call in the Birch Bay area around 2:15 p.m. They pepper-sprayed the suspect after he resisted arrest, the sheriff's office said.
The suspect pulled two knives and went toward the deputies, according to the sheriff's office. "When the suspect advanced, one deputy fired his service pistol in self-defense," the sheriff's office said in a news release. The man died at the scene. The deputy who fired the shot has been placed on administrative leave.
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Two people were taken to a hospital after two motor boats collided on Lake Washington near Kenmore yesterday.
An 18-foot boat hit a 20-foot boat broadside at 4:30 p.m., according to the King County Sheriff's Office.
A woman with knee and leg injuries and her 5-year-old daughter were taken to Evergreen Hospital Medical Center in Kirkland. Her daughter had possible internal injuries and a bumped head.
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