Police found riot gear, a smoke grenade, shin guards and shields inside a van near where the North Idaho Pride Alliance was holding a 'Pride in the Park' event in 2022.
Police found riot gear, a smoke grenade, shin guards and shields inside a van near where the North Idaho Pride Alliance was holding a"Pride in the Park" event in 2022.COEUR D’ALENE, Idaho — Five members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front were convicted Thursday of misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot at a Pride event.
A Kootenai County jury found Forrest Rankin, Devin Center, Derek Smith, James Michael Johnson and Robert Whitted guilty after about an hour of deliberation, news outlets reported., after someone reported seeing people loading into a U-Haul van like “a little army” at a hotel parking lot in Coeur d’Alene, police said.
Police found riot gear, a smoke grenade, shin guards and shields inside the van after pulling it over near where the North Idaho Pride Alliance was holding a Pride in the Park event, Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Lee White has said. James Michael Johnson, Forrest Rankin, Robert Whitted, Devin Center and Derek Smith were found guilty by a northern Idaho jury on Thursday of misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot at a Pride event.Documents found with the group reportedly outlined a plan to form a column outside City Park and proceed inward, “until barriers to approach are met.”Once “an appropriate amount of confrontational dynamic had been established,” the column would disengage and head down Sherman Avenue.
Those arrested came from at least 11 states, including Idaho, Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia and Arkansas.Conspiracy to riot is punishable by up to one year in jail, as well as a $5,000 fine and up to two years of probation.
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