![]() ![]() It’s unclear why they picked Coeur d’Alene’s out of all the Pride events going on in the nation, but Hammond said perhaps they thought they could “get away with more” in a smaller community like Coeur d’Alene, a city of about 56,000 residents located just over the Washington border from Spokane. Just two are from Idaho, according to a booking summary from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office. Police found at least one smoke grenade, White said.Īll 31 individuals were from outside the local area, Hammond said previously. Hammond referred to those arrested as young men who “seem to not have a purpose.” Asked what he thought the group might have done had police not thwarted their alleged plans, he said, “I have not seen that these people had any firearms, so I think it would’ve been mostly just disruption and trying to cause fear.” They’d also received threats about a separate group meeting in another city park threats that turned out to be unfounded, he said. Local and state police were plentiful and on high alert Saturday because they wanted “to make sure this event went off safely,” Mayor Jim Hammond said. 31 people with ties to White nationalist group arrested for conspiracy to riot near a Pride parade in Idaho
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