Patriot Front stickers were reported several more times throughout that summer, as well as in Hayden and in Post Falls, according to documents. Public records released in late June showed that Coeur d’Alene Police were aware of Patriot Front’s activities in the city after a North Idaho College security officer reported seeing the group’s stickers around the campus in May 2021. The group’s stickers, which combine racist propaganda with hyperpatriotic slogans, have appeared in the Inland Northwest in the past. The group was founded after it broke off from another group, Vanguard America, in the aftermath of the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017. Patriot Front is perhaps best known for its efforts to spread racist propaganda through stickers, banner drops and vandalism. Moran does not have an apparent criminal background in Spokane except for a speeding ticket issued in 2020. Watauga is about a 20-minute drive to Grapevine, Texas, where the group’s founder, Thomas Rousseau, claims to live. He appears to share a home address with Mishael Buster in Watauga, Texas. Moran also has a background in Spokane as a student at Shadle Park High School. Neither of the Buster brothers has an apparent criminal background. Mishael Buster can be seen in a live stream of Shea’s church, On Fire Ministries. Mishael Buster also has ties to former Washington legislator Matt Shea, who was expelled from the House Republican caucus after an investigation found he engaged in domestic terrorism. They did not make any additional statements during the arraignment.Īt least three of the men who pleaded not guilty on Monday have connections to Spokane.īrothers Josiah Buster and Mishael Buster both graduated from Rogers High School. The remaining 25 members of the group are scheduled for arraignments through the end of August.Ĭonspiracy to riot is a misdemeanor and could mean up to one year in jail, a $5,000 fine or two years probation, Caldwell said in court.Īll six of the men who appeared on Monday said they would be hiring an attorney to represent them. Thirty-one members of the group were discovered in the back of a U-Haul truck less than a quarter-mile away from the North Idaho Pride in the Park’s annual celebration, which they intended to disrupt, according to court documents. Oleary, 27, of Des Moines, Washington, all appeared before Judge Robert Caldwell via Zoom. Buster, 24, of Watauga, Texas Mishael Buster, 22, of Spokane and Justin M. Smith, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota Josiah D. Moran, 23, of Watauga, Texas Dakota Tabler, 29, of West Valley City, Utah Derek J. Police in Idaho arrested 31 Patriot Front members last month in a U-Haul loaded with shields on their way to Coeur d'Alene's Pride in the Park.Six members of the white supremacist Patriot Front pleaded not guilty in a Kootenai County courtroom on Monday to conspiracy to riot in Coeur d’Alene during a Pride celebration on June 11.Ĭonnor P. Patriot Front is classified as white nationalists or white supremacists by the Southern Poverty Law Center and Anti-Defamation League. The crowd marched down Commonwealth Avenue before turning toward Dartmouth Street toward Boylston and stopping at the Boston Public Library area at 1:14 p.m., according to a Herald photographer at the scene.
The marchers wore matching khaki pants, navy or dark-colored polo shirts, bandanas or similar coverings over their lower faces, sunglasses, and ball caps - typical for extremist group members.
"This weekend, as we remember Boston's legacy as the cradle of liberty, we celebrate the continued fight to expand those liberties for all and ensure that Boston will be a city for everyone."
Especially in a moment when so many of our rights are under attack, we will not normalize intimidation by bigots," Wu said in a later statement, according to CBS News. "The disgusting, hateful actions and words of white supremacist groups are not welcome in this city. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences.