‘Exercising His Freedom of Speech’: Idaho Man Escapes Punishment Despite Issuing Threat to ‘Kill Blacks’ Against Youth Soccer Players

An Idaho college town is mired in a familiar controversy after a resident greeted a visiting Canadian youth soccer team with a barrage of racist insults — the third such incident in 2024. As with a previous case, local prosecutors have concluded the perpetrators broke no law and won’t be sanctioned. According to the Castlegar News, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, police were notified after witnesses said a person in a truck& shouted racist insults at the team’s diverse roster as they warmed up prior to a tournament game on May 12. African American young boy playing soccer in a stadium pitch. Child running with soccer ball along the field white sideline. Junior soccer background. (Photo: Getty Images) Coeur d’Alene police reported the beige Dodge Ram truck revved its engines as it drove by the field before slowing down. A passenger then allegedly yelled “kill Blacks” and another racial slur before exiting the area. “He told me he was exercising his freedom of speech, never made any threats to harm anyone or target anyone but admitted to using the ’N-word with a hard R,'” an officer on the scene wrote, according to Oak Bay News. It wasn’t the first time he had...