Extremists Links: The Arrest of Patriot Front Members and the Far Right Threat to the LGBTIQ Community

Several members of Patriot Front, a far right white supremacists group, were arrested Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, as far right groups are targeting the LBGTIQ community.

Law enforcement guard members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front after their arrests in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.(Image: Georji Brown / Associated Press)

The latest reporting on extremist groups within the Radical Right.

White Supremacists, Militia Movement, and Extremists

• US sees heightened extremist threat heading into midterms [Associated Press]

• DHS warns of domestic extremists praising Uvalde shooting [San Antonio Express-News]

• Patriot Front leader among those arrested near Idaho Pride [The Washington Post]

• Far-Right Influencers Hyped Coeur d’Alene Pride Before Patriot Front Showed Up [SPLC]

• What is the Patriot Front? What to know about the far-right group arrested in Coeur d’Alene on Saturday [The Spokesman-Review]

• Arrests at Idaho Pride event could be a harbinger of things to come [CNN]

• ‘If they want to have a war, let it begin here’: New documents detail Patriot Front’s plan [Idaho Statesman]

• Police in Idaho are getting death threats after arresting Patriot Front members [Oregon Public Broadcasting]

• A far-right plan to riot near an Idaho LGBTQ event heightens safety concerns at Pride [NPR]

• Video shows Patriot Front members arrested in Idaho practicing ‘flash’ tactics in southern Utah last year [The Salt Lake Tribune]

• 4 Veterans and a National Guard Cadet Among Members of White Supremacist Group Arrested in Idaho [Military.com]

• Advocates and experts concerned about attacks directed at LGBTQ community after Idaho arrests [The Boston Globe]