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Whitefish council hears report of white‑supremacist flyers at BookWorks; city to draft statement and public guidance
Summary
A BookWorks representative told the Whitefish City Council that white‑supremacist pamphlets and torn pages from Anne Frank's diary have been left in the store. The police urged immediate reporting; the council asked the city attorney to draft a statement and materials businesses can post.
A representative for BookWorks told the Whitefish City Council that the store has repeatedly found white‑supremacist pamphlets and, on one occasion, pages torn from Anne Frank’s diary left inside the shop, and asked the council to issue a public statement denouncing the behavior and to advise business owners on legal options.
The request came during public comment when the speaker described an escalating pattern that began in late 2016, saying the pamphlets “kept going and going, until they eventually tore the pages out of the middle of Anne Frank's diary.” The commenter asked, “do we have any legal recourse here?” and urged the council to make a public statement opposing hateful speech and to provide guidance for business…
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