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Just got off the phone with a source in LE.
We narrowly avoided a massacre in Coeur d'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'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'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'Alene police didn't side with PF, and took the call seriously. If they'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'Alene police didn't side with PF, and took the call seriously. If they'd been in the tank w/PF (like in Kenosha) it would have been horrific. 3/n
I'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'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
Post-script: I'm also told that the PF members there had come from all over the region to participate. They'd been planning this in advance for a while, and were pulling people in from around the US. Not quite Unite the Right, but definitely coordinated / planned. 6/n
