31 Patriot Front members arrested near Idaho pride event

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50. From the local newspaper:

Local law enforcement derail rioters' plans

By KAYE THORNBRUGH
Staff Writer | June 11, 2022 8:40 PM

COEUR d’ALENE — Police in Coeur d'Alene arrested “a little army” Saturday of 31 masked members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front, who reportedly planned to wreak havoc in the city. ... “They came to riot downtown,” Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White said during a news conference.

All 31 are charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor. Additional charges may be pending. ... The mass arrest took place along Northwest Boulevard, not far from City Park where the North Idaho Pride Alliance was holding its annual Pride in the Park event.

Area law enforcement agencies coordinated a large, visible presence in downtown Coeur d’Alene Saturday, due to threats of a planned, armed protest organized by the Panhandle Patriots Riding Club. ... Originally dubbed “Gun d’Alene,” the protest was later rebranded as “North Idaho Day of Prayer.” Members of the riding club spoke publicly of plans to “confront” those celebrating Pride.

Around 1:40 p.m., a citizen reportedly tipped off local law enforcement to a group of more than 20 people seen piling into a U-Haul truck. ... Wearing face masks and holding shields, the citizen told police the group “looked like a little army.”

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