Illinois
At least one man from Illinois among dozens of arrested at Pride event
COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho – Authorities arrested dozens of masked males close to an Idaho delight occasion Saturday after they have been discovered at the back of a U-Haul truck sporting garments just like members of a white supremacist group.
Native and Idaho State Police stopped the truck in downtown Coeur d’Alene and the again was stuffed with proof baggage from police. The boys additionally had what gave the impression to be a selfmade riot protect and a few protecting tools, KTVB reported. It was not instantly clear why the truck was stopped.
The a number of dozen males contained in the truck wore khakis, navy blue shirts and beige hats with white balaclavas protecting their faces — just like Patriot Entrance, which is described by the Anti-Defamation League as a white supremacist group.
“It seems these folks didn’t come right here to have interaction in peaceable occasions,” Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris instructed a Coeur d’Alene Press reporter.
Little details about the group was out there on Saturday afternoon outdoors of social media posts and authorities had not but launched any particulars. A information convention was deliberate for Saturday.
Movies of the arrest posted on social media present the boys kneeling on the grass with their arms zip-tied behind their backs.
“Reclaim America” was written on the again of 1 shirt.
The truck was stopped on close to the place the North Idaho Delight Alliance was holding the Coeur d’Alene Delight within the Park occasion. Police had stepped up their presence within the space through the occasion.
Dozens of cops surrounded the group and so they have been taken one after the other to patrol vehicles, the place their masks, hats and sun shades have been eliminated. They have been then led to a police van.
These arrested got here from a minimum of 11 states, together with Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia, and Arkansas, White mentioned.