Most members of white supremacist group arrested in Idaho live out of state

Idaho police arrested 31 members of the Patriot Entrance, a white supremacist group, on Saturday after they have been found packed right into a U-Haul truck with riot gear close to an LGBTQ Pleasure occasion in Coeur d’Alene, AP reported.

Driving the information: All 31 members have been arrested and charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor, after being discovered within the truck when it was pulled apart over a visitors cease, the Idaho Statesman reported.

• “They got here to riot downtown,” Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White stated at a press convention Saturday, per AP.

The massive image: Solely one of many males within the truck was truly from Idaho, with the others hailing from South Dakota, Wyoming, Texas and Oregon, amongst others, per the Idaho Statesman.

• The group’s nationwide chief, Tom Rosseau, was amongst these arrested, the Idaho Statesman reported.
• The lads have been carrying white balaclavas to cowl their faces, in addition to khaki pants and navy blue shirts, when Coeur d’Alene police found them within the truck, per AP. The phrases “Reclaim America” have been written on the again of 1 shirt.
• Proof collected indicated the group had plans to riot in a number of locations within the metropolis’s downtown space. Contained in the U-Haul, police discovered shields, shin guards, riot gear and even a smoke grenade.
• Police noticed the truck after a tipster warned them that “it regarded like just a little military was loading up into the car” within the car parking zone of a lodge, White stated on the press convention.

What’s subsequent: The lads are set to be arraigned on Monday.