Patriot Front Members Allegedly Detained on Way to Crashing Pride Event
Twitter by Syrian journalist Alissa Azar, who claimed that it showed numerous Patriot Front members being detained and arrested by police.
According to her account bio, Azar covers right-wing violence in the Pacific Northwest. As of Saturday evening, the clip had been viewed over 290,000 times and been shared by prominent left-wing commentator Ron Filipkowski."Oh look, white nationalist 'Patriot Front' tried to crash a Pride event in Idaho today using their patented U-Haul box truck transport system and got busted," Filipkowski wrote. "Sad."Around 20 members of the group were arrested at the event, according to local CBS affiliate KREM.
They were found in a U-Haul stopped by local police and detained. As can be seen in the video, they wore matching outfits consisting of dark blue shirts, beige pants, hats, sunglasses, and white masks covering the bottoms of their faces.Oh look, white nationalist ‘Patriot Front’ tried to crash a Pride event in Idaho today using their patented U-Haul box truck transport system and got busted.
Sad. https://t.co/c64bu4VigQThe individuals found in the truck were detained with zip ties and arrested one by one. KREM noted that homemade riot shields and other pieces of protective equipment could be seen amongst other evidence taken from the truck.Patriot Front is, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), a Neo-nazi group founded in Texas in 2017 in the aftermath of the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
