Initial AG office review finds nothing illegal with 'whites-only' community

A preliminary review by Arkansas AG Tim Griffin’s office found no evidence that Return to the Land, a Whites-only private membership association in Sharp County, has violated laws, spokesman Jeff LeMaster stated. "So far, we've not found anything that we've identified as illegal at this point," LeMaster said. The ongoing investigation has not identified illegal activities, despite Griffin’s initial claim that the group’s actions “raise all sorts of legal issues.”

Founder Eric Orwoll and colleague Peter Csere purchased land near Ravenden to create a community to preserve White-American culture and identity, by excluding Blacks, Jews, and other non-Whites.