爱达荷州一个小城市的警察逮捕了31名据称与a白人民族主义团体当局周六宣布，在骄傲游行附近。
爱达荷州Coeur d'Alene的警察局长Lee White说，与“爱国者阵线”有关的人据称随身携带盾牌、护胫和其他防暴装备，包括至少一枚烟雾弹。他们被指控阴谋制造暴乱。
怀特说，这些人是在一名市民打电话给警察，提醒他们至少有20名男子戴着面具和盾牌从一辆U型货车中出来后被逮捕的。
被捕者中有爱国者阵线的创始人托马斯·卢梭。根据提供给监狱的信息，嫌疑人来自阿拉巴马州、阿肯色州、科罗拉多州、爱达荷州、伊利诺伊州、密歇根州、俄勒冈州、南达科他州、德克萨斯州、犹他州、华盛顿州和怀俄明州。
“根据这些人随身携带的装备、他们随身携带的物品以及从他们身上缴获的文件，我们很清楚，他们是来闹市区的，”怀特警长周六告诉记者。
这个团体，相应的跟踪仇恨组织的组织，有白人民族主义意识形态，成立后不久，在夏洛茨维尔，弗吉尼亚州“团结的权利”集会。
他说:“因此，通过逮捕31名行为不端的人来防止骚乱，我会很乐意每天都这样做。”
这位负责人说，在被捕者身上还发现了文件，“似乎非常类似于警察或军事团体为一个事件制定的一天的行动计划”，但没有进一步详细说明它说了什么。
据警方称，被逮捕的人来自至少11个州，甚至远至弗吉尼亚州。
逮捕发生时，国土安全部上周警告说，夏季可能是一个“动态”的威胁景观，极端分子可能会以公共集会、宗教机构、学校、种族和宗教少数群体、政府设施和人员、美国关键基础设施、媒体和意识形态对手为目标。
DHS上周发布的国家恐怖主义咨询系统公告称:“在未来几个月，我们预计威胁环境将变得更加动态，因为几起备受瞩目的事件可能被用来为针对一系列可能目标的暴力行为辩护。”。“由于个人不满、对当前事件的反应以及坚持暴力极端主义意识形态，包括出于种族或族裔动机或反政府/反当局的暴力极端主义等因素，威胁行为者最近动员起来采取暴力行动。”
DHS负责情报和分析的前代理副部长约翰·科恩告诉美国广播公司，这起事件是DHS上周发出的真实警告的一个例子。
“DHS和执法官员一再警告说，暴力极端分子将把公共官员和他们认为持有与其极端主义意识形态信仰冲突的观点的其他人作为暴力目标，”科恩说，他也是美国广播公司新闻的撰稿人。“虽然在这种情况下，执法人员似乎已经阻止了暴力行为，但我们正处于一个高度动荡的威胁环境中，我们可以预计未来几周会有更多的单独罪犯和极端主义团体的暴力行为。”
周六被起诉的人将在周一首次出庭。
31 arrested with shields, riot gear near Pride parade in Idaho
Police in a small Idaho city arrested 31 people allegedly affiliated with awhite nationalist groupnear a Pride parade, authorities announced on Saturday.
People associated with the group "Patriot Front" allegedly had shields, shin guards and other riot gear with them, including at least one smoke grenade, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, Police Chief Lee White said. They were charged with conspiracy to commit a riot.
The individuals were arrested after a citizen called police to alert them that at least 20 men were seen getting out of a U-Haul van wearing masks and carrying shields, White said.
Among those arrested was the founder of Patriot Front, Thomas Rousseau. Suspects are from Alabama, Arkansas, Colorado, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Oregon, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Washington and Wyoming, according to information provided to the jail.
"It is clear to us based on the gear that the individuals had with them, the stuff they had in the possession and in the U-Haul with them along with paperwork that was seized from them, that they came to riot downtown," Chief White told reporters on Saturday.
The group,accordingto organizations tracking hate groups, has white nationalist ideologies that was founded shortly after the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Virginia.
"So preventing a riot by arresting and 31 people with a misdemeanor, I will gladly do that every day of the week," he said.
Paperwork, the Chief said "appeared to be very similar to an operations plan that a police or military group would put together for a day's for an event," was also found on the persons arrested, but did not elaborate any further on what it said.
Individuals who were arrested came from at least 11 states and as far away as Virginia, according to police.
The arrests come as the Department of Homeland Security warned last week the summer could be a "dynamic" threat landscape, and extremists could target public gatherings, faith-based institutions, schools, racial and religious minorities, government facilities and personnel, U.S. critical infrastructure, the media and perceived ideological opponents.
"In the coming months, we expect the threat environment to become more dynamic as several high-profile events could be exploited to justify acts of violence against a range of possible targets," the National Terrorism Advisory System Bulletin issued by DHS last week said. "Threat actors have recently mobilized to violence due to factors such as personal grievances, reactions to current events, and adherence to violent extremist ideologies, including racially or ethnically motivated or anti-government/anti-authority violent extremism."
John Cohen, the former acting undersecretary for intelligence and analysis at DHS, told ABC News this incident is an example of the real-world warning DHS issued last week.
"DHS and law enforcement officials have repeatedly warned that violent extremists will target for violence public officials and others whom they perceive as holding views that conflict with their extremist ideological beliefs," Cohen, also an ABC News contributor, said. "While in this case, law enforcement officials appear to have prevented violence, we are in the midst of a highly volatile threat environment and we can expect more acts of violence by lone offenders and extremist groups in the weeks ahead."
Those charged on Saturday will make their first court appearance on Monday.
