White Supremacist Family Moves To North Dakota Town, Site Of Aryan Enclave Plan

In this Aug. 26, 2013, photo Craig Cobb stands in an empty lot he owns on Main Street in Leith, N.D., where he envisions a park _ perhaps with a swimming pool _ dedicated to the late neo-Nazi and white supremacist ac... In this Aug. 26, 2013, photo Craig Cobb stands in an empty lot he owns on Main Street in Leith, N.D., where he envisions a park _ perhaps with a swimming pool _ dedicated to the late neo-Nazi and white supremacist activist William L. Pierce. Cobb, 61, a self-described white supremacist, has purchased about a dozen lots in Leith and over the past year he has invited fellow white supremacists to move there and help him to transform the town of 16 people into a white enclave. No one has come, but the community is mobilizing to fight out of fear that Cobb could succeed, and the mayor has vowed to do whatever it takes to ensure Cobb’s dream remains just that. (AP Photo/Kevin Cederstrom) MORE LESS
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The white supremacist aiming to turn a tiny North Dakota town into an Aryan enclave now has supporters in his midst.

Along with their five children, Kynan and Deborah Dutton moved from Oregon to Leith, N.D. recently, according to the Dickinson Press.

Kynan Dutton, an Iraq war veteran and a self-described skinhead, told the Press that his family knows at least three more white supremacists who intend to relocate to Leith.

The Duttons join Craig Cobb, whose stated desire is to turn the town with a populaton of 24 into an all-white community. Cobb has drawn pushback from the town, which set up a legal defense fund to thwart any attempted white supremacist takeover.

 

This post has been updated.

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