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Just got off the phone with a source in LE.
We narrowly avoided a massacre in Coeur d& #39;Alene.
The 31 Patriot Front (read: white supremacist fascists responsible for Charlottesville) were planning for massive violence, not just confrontation. 1/n
We narrowly avoided a massacre in Coeur d& #39;Alene.
The 31 Patriot Front (read: white supremacist fascists responsible for Charlottesville) were planning for massive violence, not just confrontation. 1/n
The 31 PF members had blunt instrument weapons and were planning on bludgeoning people attending Pride. I& #39;m told that most, if not all, also had concealed firearms. This was for dealing with anyone at who was armed, or fought back. 2/n
What stopped them was two lucky breaks:
1. A hotel employee who saw them saddling up, and called the police
2. The Coeur d& #39;Alene police didn& #39;t side with PF, and took the call seriously. If they& #39;d been in the tank w/PF (like in Kenosha) it would have been horrific. 3/n
1. A hotel employee who saw them saddling up, and called the police
2. The Coeur d& #39;Alene police didn& #39;t side with PF, and took the call seriously. If they& #39;d been in the tank w/PF (like in Kenosha) it would have been horrific. 3/n
I& #39;m told that (three) of the PF people are going to be charged with illegal firearms possession, because they were felons.
I was worried about mass violence at Pride going into this.
I was right. LE is monitoring a surge in RW "chatter" against LGBT people. 4/n
I was worried about mass violence at Pride going into this.
I was right. LE is monitoring a surge in RW "chatter" against LGBT people. 4/n
I& #39;ve been predicting for a while that as things deteriorate, groups like PF, 3 Percenters, Proud Boys, etc... will increasingly function as Sturmabteilung. This becomes increasingly possible as LE is infiltrated, or captured, by the right wing. 5/n
