Try, Try Again: White Supremacist Plans To Build ‘Little Europe’ In North Dakota

White supremacist Craig Cobb is planning to crowd-fund a new all-white settlement in Antler, North Dakota, near the border with Canada, following the failure of an earlier effort to establish an Aryan enclave in Leit... White supremacist Craig Cobb is planning to crowd-fund a new all-white settlement in Antler, North Dakota, near the border with Canada, following the failure of an earlier effort to establish an Aryan enclave in Leith, North Dakora. MORE LESS
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A self-described white supremacist who last year abandoned plans to mold a tiny North Dakota town into an Aryan enclave is ready to give it another go — this time through crowdfunding.

Craig Cobb, a hate crimes fugitive from Canada who in 2013 attempted to take over Leith, North Dakota with a small band of followers, told the Grand Forks Herald last week in an e-mail that he planned to raise $70,000 through the crowdfunding platform Indiegogo to purchase property in Antler, North Dakota.

Cobb appears to be returning to his white nationalist roots after expressing some desire to leave that lifestyle behind while he was jailed for about five months on charges of terrorizing. Cobb’s neighbors in Leith alleged in November 2013 that he and one of his followers, Kynan Dutton, had threatened them with guns. He was released from jail in April 2014 after being sentenced to four years probation.

While behind bars, Cobb had said that he’d like to leave North Dakota once his legal issues in the state were resolved. He also told The Associated Press prior to his release from jail that he wanted to “retire from white nationalism.”

Cobb is now living in Sherwood, North Dakota, which is close to Antler and the Canadian border, according to The Grand Forks Herald. He told the newspaper that he’d identified 28 lots and three homes for sale in Antler, which has a population of just 20 people, and was already negotiating with a seller.

It’s unclear whether Cobb’s planned fundraiser for the all-white community would stay up on Indiegogo once it launches, though. The crowdfunding platform’s terms of use state that campaigns are not allowed “to promote violence, degradation, subjugation, discrimination or hatred against individuals or groups based on race, ethnic origin, religion, disability, gender, age, veteran status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.” If the platform were to determine Cobb’s planned fundraiser for Antler promoted discrimination or hatred, Indiegogo’s terms of use state that would be grounds to remove the campaign.

But a Facebook page has already been set up for the prospective all-white community Cobb envisions for Antler, “Antler PLE.” PLE stands for Pioneer Little Europe, a movement of white nationalists that encourages members to band together in pre-existing communities and that has been championed on neo-Nazi websites like Stormfront.org. The Facebook page included a link to an article about McKinney, Texas police officer Eric Casebolt’s resignation after he was caught on video slamming a 14-year-old, bikini-clad black girl to the ground and pointing a handgun at other teens attending a pool party.

“He is welcome in our Antler PLE anytime,” the post read.

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  1. Bizarre. This guy is more African American than Rachel Dolezal.

  2. He’s just a hateful loon with an Internet connection. This is not front-page fodder, folks.

  3. Avatar for jw1 jw1 says:

    He looks like such a happy racist too.

    jw1

  4. Since he’s 14% African American himself, does this mean he will bar himself from ever living in Antler, PLE?

    Dumbass Cobb is a really confused racist…and a special kind of stupid!

  5. He wants to nation-build but uses crayon to make signs? Oh, Prunella!

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