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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,366 posts)
Sun Jun 12, 2022, 11:50 AM Jun 2022

Texas residents among alleged white nationalists arrested in Idaho with plans to riot

Texas residents were among 31 individuals affiliated with a white nationalist group arrested Saturday in Idaho on suspicion of conspiracy to riot after police there found them packed in a U-Haul truck apparently heading to a Pride celebration with riot gear and at least one smoke grenade, authorities said.

It was not clear by Saturday night how many of the individuals detained in Coeur d’Alene, a city in north Idaho about 33 miles east of Spokane, were from Texas or what part of the state they reside in. The others arrested, who were still being booked Saturday, were residents of Utah, Idaho, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Arkansas, Wyoming, Washington, Oregon and Virginia, the city’s police Chief Lee White said.

A person called authorities around 1:38 p.m. after seeing some 20 people jump into a truck wearing masks and carrying shields, looking “like a little Army.” Police stopped the truck about 10 minutes later and arrested the 31 individuals, who appear to be affiliated with the group Patriot Front, White said, citing logos on their hats, similar outfits, insignia and at least one patch that said Patriot Front.

The Southern Poverty Law Center describes the group as a white nationalist hate group.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-residents-among-alleged-white-nationalists-arrested-in-idaho-with-plans-to-riot/ar-AAYmFjf

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Texas residents among alleged white nationalists arrested in Idaho with plans to riot (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
They claim to love Texas so much why don't they fucking stay there Walleye Jun 2022 #1
Four from Washington: Concrete, Spokane, Des Moines, Ellensburg. cbabe Jun 2022 #2
Who is surprised by this? LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #3
It is so heartwarming that people were willing to travel so far Chainfire Jun 2022 #4

LetMyPeopleVote

(154,580 posts)
3. Who is surprised by this?
Sun Jun 12, 2022, 12:18 PM
Jun 2022

There are active KKK chapters in Texas. There are chapters in Vidor and Conroe Texas. My middle child was trying a case in Conroe Texas and was in the security line on more than one occasion with people with KKK or other white supremacist tattoos.

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