(PatriotWise.com)- Over the weekend, 31 members of an alleged white supremacist group, Patriot Front, were arrested in Idaho on their way to a protest. They were pulled over while in the back of a Uhaul which was reportedly filled with shields.
Law enforcement admitted they knew about the planned protest because they had an informant within the group. Onlookers were talking to a police officer, asking him the initial reason for the stop. He said that they knew the Uhaul contained shields and spinners. When asked how they knew, he said with a grin that they had an informant.
Source: https://t.co/2vxKBoncrj pic.twitter.com/SHenj9wW7m
— Talia Jane (@taliaotg) June 11, 2022
The Patriot Front was on their way to a “christofascist” event which was alongside a gay pride event, according to a self-described independent journalist. She says that cops found body padding and one smoke grenade in the truck.
In another tweet from a thread on the event, she claims that this “far right mobilization against queer people at Pride events is a direct response to transphobic and queerphobic fearmongering pushed by far right pundits and outlets such as The Daily Wire and LibsOfTikTok — all of which is inspired by Ron DeSantis’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill.”
She ends the thread telling us not to trust cops.
A photograph taken by a self-described “Syrian journalist” covering “right-wing violence,” shows the arrest of one member of Patriot Front carrying a megaphone with “FBI” written on it. While unclear, it appears the sticker reads “Abolish FBI.”
one by one still… there is now a wall of riot cops between them and us pic.twitter.com/nhHfgrAWqG
— alissa azar (@AlissaAzar) June 11, 2022
The journalist interrupted her reporting with a “timeline cleanse/mental health break,” showing pictures of dogs and a video of a drag queen singing, commenting that no Nazis will ruin love and joy.
i am LIVING for her! and by the sounds of it the crowd is too. people are going off and dancing their asses off. no amount of nazis can’t ruin this type of love and joy. pic.twitter.com/dXljBBvdQm
— alissa azar (@AlissaAzar) June 11, 2022
Isn’t it satisfying to see independent journalism at work?