Prosecutors Decline to Charge Idaho Man Who Revved Up His Engine As He Drove By and Hurled Racist Taunts at Youth Soccer Team as They Practiced [Video]

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.

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 …