Editorial: If you see something, say something
ebar.comIf you see something, say something. That appeal to the public gained traction after the 9/11 terrorist attacks and, today, remains relevant as the LGBTQ community prepares to celebrate the first in-person San Francisco Pride events since 2019.
The reason, of course, is the uptick in some strange and frightening events over the past several weeks, both locally and across the country.
The weekend of June 11-12 was particularly active: in Idaho, authorities arrested 31 men allegedly affiliated with Patriot Front, a white nationalist group.
The men, seen by a tipster piling into a U-Haul truck, allegedly were planning to disrupt a Pride event in Coeur d'Alene. The group was armed with "shields, shin guards and other riot gear with them," along with papers "similar to an operations plan that a police or military group would put together for an event," CNN reported.
