The next day he held a press conference in northern Idaho renouncing his membership in the group. After leaving the group he lived for a while in a tent in the woods in Idaho, unsure of what to do and how to live on his own. When the death threats and harassment got too bad to endure, he relocated to north-central Pennsylvania, all the while continuing his work in exposing the hate mongers to the general public. By the end of 1992 Cochran was traveling the country speaking out against racism. Now, when most people hear this story they are skeptical.
People drop out of cults and hate groups all the time.
Not all are necessarily pure of motive. Sometimes it is to cut a deal with government and avoid prosecution. Some see dollar signs in the form of book or movie deals. Floyd Cochran was under no threat of prosecution prior to his leaving the Aryan Nation, and while gaining a certain amount of notoriety in the process of spreading his message, he has actually shunned numerous offers to profit from his story. His has passed up both movie deals and offers for books with ghostwriters.