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Judi Lynn

(160,516 posts)
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 04:26 AM Jun 2022

Idaho officers getting death threats after arresting 31 Patriot Front white nationalists near Pride

Source: NBC News

Idaho officers getting death threats after arresting 31 Patriot Front white nationalists near Pride event
Doha Madani and Dennis Romero and Michelle Acevedo - Yesterday 3:09 PM

Idaho police said they've received death threats since arresting 31 men affiliated with white nationalist group Patriot Front near an annual LGBTQ+ event over the weekend.

Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White spoke to reporters Monday, saying that his department has fielded about 149 calls in the aftermath of the arrests. He said about 50 percent of the calls have been praise from the community, who offer their names and express pride in the department.

"And the other 50 percent — who are completely anonymous, who want nothing more than to scream and yell at us and use some really choice words — offer death threats against myself and other members of the police department merely for doing our jobs," White said. "Those people obviously remain anonymous."

Officers have also received threats of doxxing, a practice in which someone publishes personal information such as phone numbers or addresses online, White said. The majority of the threats being made appear to be from outside the Coeur d’Alene community, according to the chief.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/idaho-officers-getting-death-threats-after-arresting-31-patriot-front-white-nationalists-near-pride-event/ar-AAYpWLK?li=BBnb7Kz

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Idaho officers getting death threats after arresting 31 Patriot Front white nationalists near Pride (Original Post) Judi Lynn Jun 2022 OP
Looking at the mug shots of those arrestred and assuming the callers are of the same ilk captain queeg Jun 2022 #1
I'm not so sure. Aristus Jun 2022 #14
This is what happens when they let this type of thing fester BumRushDaShow Jun 2022 #2
Well said. Thanks. LastDemocratInSC Jun 2022 #13
Domestic Terrorists have no problem contradicting themselves. no_hypocrisy Jun 2022 #3
Yup The Jungle 1 Jun 2022 #6
Seems the Californian Invasion has been Exxagerated Lil Liberal Laura Jun 2022 #4
Domestic terrorists with no gun background checks are allowed to freely . .. Lovie777 Jun 2022 #5
Exactly, Republicans in Congress have failed to ensure police have superior firepower bucolic_frolic Jun 2022 #10
Social media...what is it good for? Like, really?? Death threats to officials seems a goto thing. Alexander Of Assyria Jun 2022 #7
Ya know...I believe I remember hearing DHS warn of Right Wing Terrorism a looong time ago purr-rat beauty Jun 2022 #8
Janet Napolitano Mz Pip Jun 2022 #18
Death Threats are Against the Law Roy Rolling Jun 2022 #9
The right loves to threaten people, they are a bunch of thugs Mr. Sparkle Jun 2022 #11
I'm sure some of them have "back the blue" and "Blue lives matter" IronLionZion Jun 2022 #12
Not anymore. Dr. Strange Jun 2022 #23
I loved their press conference addressing the conspiracies about the arrest. FSogol Jun 2022 #15
the racist fascists llashram Jun 2022 #16
Nicely Put! tonekat Jun 2022 #17
d.trump llashram Jun 2022 #21
"who are completely anonymous" -- um, no. They're not really "anonymous" to law enforcement. PSPS Jun 2022 #19
From the same people who bitch about "defunding the police." Grins Jun 2022 #20
I wonder how many of those freaks have a "I support Law enforcement" placard in their yards. Behind the Aegis Jun 2022 #22
Figure Out Who Made The Threat, And... ProfessorGAC Jun 2022 #24

captain queeg

(10,170 posts)
1. Looking at the mug shots of those arrestred and assuming the callers are of the same ilk
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 04:46 AM
Jun 2022

I don’t think the cops have to worry too much. Low life cowards calling anonymously, that would be a typical response. On the other hand some of them probably have assault rifles. It would be good if they could nail a couple of them and get them a time out, In prison.

Aristus

(66,316 posts)
14. I'm not so sure.
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 09:36 AM
Jun 2022

We've already seen definitive proof that when cops are under the threat of death, they fold like a cheap card table. How long before we hear that the charges have been dropped with a very loud, very public "Gracious! Did we do that?"

BumRushDaShow

(128,844 posts)
2. This is what happens when they let this type of thing fester
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 05:28 AM
Jun 2022

Ignoring these domestic terrorists while chasing after foreign ones instead - fantasizing about foreigners traveling thousands of miles to the U.S. to do what their next door neighbors are doing every single day right in front of the faces. All that does is give tacit approval for their existence.

no_hypocrisy

(46,080 posts)
3. Domestic Terrorists have no problem contradicting themselves.
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 06:54 AM
Jun 2022

They'll all for the Police when it's Black Lives Matter.

They'll all against the Police when they're held accountable for their acts.

Lil Liberal Laura

(228 posts)
4. Seems the Californian Invasion has been Exxagerated
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 07:29 AM
Jun 2022

Every time I hear someone from Idaho, they're complaining about "libruls from Caliphonea" moving in.

Lovie777

(12,232 posts)
5. Domestic terrorists with no gun background checks are allowed to freely . ..
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 07:34 AM
Jun 2022

obtain weapons of mass destruction. The men and women in blue are in danger but alas republicans in congress don't give a shit.

See how afraid the police were in Uvalde, Texas.

bucolic_frolic

(43,128 posts)
10. Exactly, Republicans in Congress have failed to ensure police have superior firepower
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 08:14 AM
Jun 2022

These problems did not exist 30 years ago

 

Alexander Of Assyria

(7,839 posts)
7. Social media...what is it good for? Like, really?? Death threats to officials seems a goto thing.
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 07:56 AM
Jun 2022

Remember when social mendia promised to unite the world?

Lol. That was before hate speech was given label of approval and monetized,

purr-rat beauty

(543 posts)
8. Ya know...I believe I remember hearing DHS warn of Right Wing Terrorism a looong time ago
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 08:05 AM
Jun 2022

Time to take out the TRASH!

Mz Pip

(27,439 posts)
18. Janet Napolitano
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 11:15 AM
Jun 2022

was Obama’s director of HHS. She warned about homegrown right wing terrorists and was vilified for it by conservatives.

Roy Rolling

(6,911 posts)
9. Death Threats are Against the Law
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 08:06 AM
Jun 2022

Law enforcement should arrest those people, too. This is how civil wars are STOPPED.

FSogol

(45,476 posts)
15. I loved their press conference addressing the conspiracies about the arrest.
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 09:57 AM
Jun 2022

"These men weren't antifa. They weren't FBI agents, they weren't a false flag operation...."

llashram

(6,265 posts)
16. the racist fascists
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 10:04 AM
Jun 2022

of this country just cannot have it. And I will do and have done everything I can as a senior to let these traitors understand one thing. I fought for one reason among other politically questionable reasons. That's in hindsight. But I did wear the uniform to let people know I fight for freedom for all. And if dangerous clowns such as these so-called patriots with a sneer, should try to attack me because of my leftist politics and more importantly my skin colour THEY ARE MY DOMESTIC enemy. Terrorists if you will and I have no intention of respecting them. They voted for d.trump they are domestic enemies to our centuries-old country.

Even with our very shameful history in certain areas. We are a work unfinished as a democracy and we should be allowed to keep evolving hopefully for a diverse and just society. And not the slavery these types want for millions of Americans.

tonekat

(1,814 posts)
17. Nicely Put!
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 10:31 AM
Jun 2022

This seems to be the new tradition among the deplorable, death threats.

They may as well just say "I'm an impotent loser, so I'm resorting to letting out my inner self loathing by making crank calls!"

Grins

(7,212 posts)
20. From the same people who bitch about "defunding the police."
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 02:06 PM
Jun 2022

Who loved it when Trump said:

"When you see these thugs being thrown into the back of a paddy wagon, you just seen them thrown in, rough. I said, ‘Please don’t be too nice.’" - Trump. To police officers. Suffolk County, NY, 28 July 2017.

The same people who used to mouth: "Support our Troops!" And never did.

ProfessorGAC

(64,995 posts)
24. Figure Out Who Made The Threat, And...
Tue Jun 14, 2022, 04:21 PM
Jun 2022

...arrest them too.
Strong enforcement is the only thing to stop this nonsense.

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