Experts: Anti-LGBTQ rhetoric could galvanize extremists Experts warn that extremist groups may see anti-LGBTQ rhetoric by influencers as a call to action The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2022
Coeur d’Alene police receive death threats for arresting Patriot Front members BOISE, Idaho — Idaho made international headlines over the weekend when 31 masked members of a white nationalist group were arrested in Coeur d’Alene. The city’s mayor and police chief updated the public through a news conference on Monday. Tribune News Service · Jun 14, 2022
Cops on lookout for threats to Chicago Pride Parade after neo-Nazis targeted similar event in Idaho “We are going to be vigilant to ensure that this event, as well as others, go off safely,” Police Supt. David Brown told reporters Monday. Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 13, 2022
Police in Idaho are getting death threats after arresting Patriot Front members Police in Idaho arrested 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front this weekend. WEKU · Jun 13, 2022
Right-wing extremists amp up anti-LGBTQ rhetoric online A few weeks before 31 members of a white supremacist group were arrested for allegedly planning to riot at a northern Idaho LGBTQ pride event, a fundamentalist Idaho pastor told his Boise congregation that gay, lesbian and transgender people should be executed by the government The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2022
Patriot Front founder among those arrested outside Idaho Pride event All 31 white nationalists who were arrested Saturday for allegedly planning a riot at an Idaho Pride event have bonded out of jail, police said Sunday. Tribune News Service · Jun 13, 2022
Police name 31 members of Patriot Front ‘little army’ arrested for plan to ‘riot’ Idaho Pride event The group arrested over the weekend reportedly had shields, riot gear and a smoke grenade The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2022
31 Patriot Front members charged, ID'd "Little army" of anonymous white supremacists plotted anti-LGBTQ violence, Idaho police say Salon · Jun 13, 2022
Gov. Little, Democratic opponent speak out after white nationalist group’s Idaho arrest The two opponents in the upcoming November Idaho governor’s election issued statements on Sunday, following the arrest of 31 masked members of a white nationalist group in Coeur d’Alene. Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022
Illinois man with alleged ties to hate group among those arrested en route to Idaho Pride rally CHICAGO — A downstate Illinois man was among the 31 suspected white supremacists arrested over the weekend near a Pride event in Idaho after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear. Chicago Tribune · Jun 12, 2022
Patriot Front leader among those arrested near Idaho Pride After the arrest of more than two dozen members of a white supremacist group near a northern Idaho pride event, including one identified as its founder, LGBTQ advocates said Sunday that polarization and a fraught political climate have put their community increasingly at risk The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2022
National leader of Patriot Front among those arrested at Idaho pride event Tom Rosseau, from Dallas, Texas, formed the Patriot Front in 2017 while still a teenager The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2022
Patriot Front members arrested in Idaho, charged with planning a riot near pride event The masked men were planning to riot in several areas of Coeur d'Alene — the largest city in northern Idaho — near a pride event, according to local police. ABC News · Jun 12, 2022
31 masked Patriot Front members arrested in Idaho near LGBTQ Pride event Masked and uniformed members of a right-wing group were arrested in Coeur d’Alene on Saturday afternoon, the same day as Pride in the Park was scheduled, police said. Tribune News Service · Jun 12, 2022
WEKU · Jun 12, 2022 31 members of the white nationalist Patriot Front arrested near an Idaho Pride event Police said the men came from at least 10 states and were planning to riot at a Pride event in the city of Coeur d'Alene.
The Independent UK · Apr 7, 2022 A time bomb ‘supercharged’ by the pandemic: How white nationalists are using gaming to recruit for terror Experts are warning that far-right agitators are using online gaming platforms to spread hate and recruit a new generation of converts. Supercharged by the rise of gaming and social isolation during the pandemic, extremism academics say more needs to be done to police these platforms for grooming hate. Io Dodds…
The Guardian - US · Mar 4, 2022 US white supremacist propaganda was at historically high levels in 2021 Anti-Defamation League research has revealed that three groups – including Patriot Front – are responsible for 91% of activity
The Guardian - US · Feb 9, 2022 One in five applicants to white supremacist group tied to US military Leaked documents show that about 18 out of 87 applicants, or 21%, to Patriot Front were currently or formerly affiliated with military
Tribune News Service · Feb 5, 2022 Marines investigate reservist for alleged link to white supremacist group SAN DIEGO — A San Diego-based Marine Corps reservist is under investigation by the Marines after membership interviews with a white supremacist hate group were leaked by activists and highlighted in a subsequent Southern Poverty Law Center report on the high percentage of applicants that claimed military ties.
The Guardian - US · Jan 28, 2022 ‘We are desperate for new people’: inside a hate group’s leaked online chats Chat logs depict Patriot Front as a tiny group reliant on vandalism and fake social accounts to promote its message