The stop was made just a few blocks from where the Pride in the Park event was being held.
Police in Coeur d’Alene arrested 31 masked members of a white nationalist group suspected of conspiring to riot in the city’s downtown on the same day as a scheduled Pride in the Park event nearby.
The arrested men of “Patriot Front” arrived in Coeur d’Alene inside a U-Haul truck that police pulled over.
The stop was made just a few blocks from where the “Pride in the Park” event was being held in Coeur d’Alene City Park, Saturday, June 11, 2022.
Police say the men, dressed similarly, had shields and other gear and were intending to riot in downtown Coeur d’Alene.
A group of men in blue shirts and masks are detained on Northwest Boulevard near the skate park.
Tom Meyer was part of a small group that held signs and sang hymns at City Park, protesting the Pride celebration. »