Authorities claim they arrested dozens of masked members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front late Saturday as they planned to ignite a riot near a Pride festival in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, Patriot Front is a “white nationalist hate group” founded in the aftermath of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.
Chief Lee White of the Coeur d’Alene Police Department told reporters that 31 members of the gang were arrested and charged with rioting conspiracy. According to White, the group had flown from around the country to cause havoc at the LGBT festival.
Texas, Utah, South Dakota, Arkansas, Oregon, and Virginia were among the states represented. Thanks to “one concerned individual,” law enforcement was able to thwart the group’s plans quickly, he added.
Who Are The Patriot Front Idaho?
Patriot Front is a neo-fascist white supremacist organization that prefers to travel in the shadows in U-Haul trucks.
On Saturday, police allegedly stopped the group’s U-Haul a short distance from the “Pride in the Park” event, which had already been the target of a counterprotest by the Panhandle Patriots, a conservative motorcycle club.
Similarly, that organization had declared that they would compete with Pride goers by hosting their celebration, dubbed “Gun d’Alene.”
Law authorities had received information about “several groups planning to disrupt today’s activities” ahead of the Pride festival, according to White.
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The Patriot Front: Around 31 White Supremacist Members Detained And Arrested
According to reports, dozens of masked members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front were arrested late Saturday while planning a riot near a Pride event in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.
According to White, the group had flown from around the country to cause havoc at the LGBT festival. Texas, Utah, South Dakota, Arkansas, Oregon, and Virginia were among the states represented.
Thanks to “one concerned individual,” law enforcement was able to thwart the group’s plans quickly, he added.
“We got a complaint from a concerned resident who indicated that 20 people rushed into a U-Haul wearing masks, shields, and ‘looked like a tiny army,'” he said.
What Happened To The Patriot Front Idaho?
Talking about Patriot Front’s recent news, On video from the scene in front of their arrest, many gang members were seen kneeling in the grass, their wrists zip-tied behind their backs, as counter-protesters jeered and chanted “losers!”
As police officers stood around them, about 20 members of the group, all dressed in their distinctive balaclavas, blue shirts, and khakis, kneeled. According to local sources, members of the gang were reportedly unmasked before being loaded into police vans.