Lansing State Journal: Hate groups' presence is spread over state

Organizations' numbers stable, but visibility up (...) Still, experts say that while activity decreased after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, hate groups across the country are starting to become more vocal. "More and more, we're seeing extremist groups of all flavors start to stretch their muscles again," said David Carter, a criminal justice professor at Michigan State University who works with the Justice Department and the FBI to train law enforcement personnel in how to handle extremist groups. Carter said he is starting to see a growing presence of right-wing extremist groups, from neo-Nazis to racist skinheads to Christian identity groups - anti-Semitic and racist organizations that often depict Jews as biologically descended from Satan and consider nonwhites as soulless.