“It clear to us based on on in gear that individuals with them what they had in their possessionU-Haul with them along with documents that were seized from them that they came to riot in the city center,” said the chief of police of Coeur d’Alene Lee White during news conference.
FBI helps local police in his investigation, according to FBI public relations specialist Sandra & Barker. Barker said the Coeur d’Alene police lead law enforcement agencies understand the situation.
people who all were arrested wearing similar clothing related with Patriot Front, including identical insignia, and there were at least one smoke bomb in them possession, the police said. They were still being processed at the time of in news conferences and have not yet been identified.
White said group was equipped with “shields shin guards and other rebellion gear with them”, together with documents, which he described as “resembling a plan of operation that the police or military group would collect for en event.”
31 people were detained. for White said it was a riot conspiracy, which is a misdemeanor, adding that the suspects came from at least 11 states.
Operation in Coeur d’Alene began when concerned citizen informed the police “about 20 people jumped into the U-Haul. They have had shields and looked like small army,” White said.
Prior to the arrests, there had been no violence or significant unrest. made said White, adding: “Today is over up relatively uneventful overall.”
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