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Over two-dozen men allegedly involved with a white nationalist group were arrested Saturday near a gay pride event in Idaho. But it\u2019s what a police officer told a reporter following the arrests that has some people up in arms.<\/p>\n
According to Fox News<\/a>, police in Coeur d\u2019Alene, Idaho, arrested 31 men who were packed inside the back of a U-Haul near a \u201cPride Month\u201d event on a Saturday afternoon.<\/p>\n The men were each wearing khakis, blue shirts, beige hats and masks, and some were wearing patches indicating they were part of a group called Patriot Front. The group is a white supremacist organization formed after the infamous Charlottesville, Virginia, rally in 2017, according to ABC News<\/a>.<\/p>\n Police said the men were carrying \u201criot gear\u201d including shields and shin guards, and they were charged with conspiracy to commit a riot.<\/p>\n \u201cIt is clear to us, based on the gear that the individuals had with them, the stuff they had in [their] possession and in the U-Haul with them, along with paperwork that was seized from them, that they came to riot downtown,\u201d said Coeur d\u2019Alene Police Chief Lee White, according to ABC.<\/p>\n Trending:<\/p>\n Following the arrest, reporters asked an officer how the police knew members of Patriot Front were in the U-Haul.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have informants,\u201d he responded.<\/p>\n A police officer leaks to the media that \u201cPatriot Front\u201d includes more than one informant.<\/p>\n Reporter: \u201cBut how did you know?\u201d<\/p>\n Officer: \u201cWe have informants.\u201d<\/p>\n (It\u2019s toward the end of this video.) pic.twitter.com\/QVgTonW1TE<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Marina Medvin ?? (@MarinaMedvin) June 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n After this admission, many Twitter users were quick to suggest the members of the Patriot Front group were actually federal agents<\/a>.<\/p>\n pic.twitter.com\/EtBtujJ1jY<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Brick Suit (@Brick_Suit) June 11, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u201cPatriot Front\u201d is a fed operation, so these arrests really mean nothing. https:\/\/t.co\/TASbmcbfFP<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Amy Curtis (@RantyAmyCurtis) June 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n Are there actual Nazis or Nazi wannabes in this group? Probably. But the number is infinitesimal and the members don\u2019t stick around. (Check out complaints about attrition.)<\/p>\n Not a group of big concern, considering they remain better behaved than Antifa. And need protein powder. pic.twitter.com\/qTRZz7IL6z<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Marina Medvin ?? (@MarinaMedvin) June 12, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n
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