Cops Flip to the Other Side

And this is a good thing.

Rather than protecting right-wing wing rioters, police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho (!) actually arrested them.

Given the behavior of many local police departments, most notably in Portland, Oregon and Minneapolis, Minnesota, it is refreshing to see cops actually enforcing the law.

Not what I would expect out of Idaho:

Authorities have said they arrested 31 members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho Pride event after they were found packed into the back of a U-Haul truck with riot gear.

The men were standing inside the truck wearing khakis, navy blue shirts and beige hats with white balaclavas covering their faces when Coeur d’Alene police stopped the U-Haul and began arresting them on the side of the road on Saturday.

“They came to riot downtown,” Coeur d’Alene police chief Lee White said at a news conference.

All 31 were charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanour, White said. The men were going through the booking process on Saturday afternoon and were scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, he said.

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Police learned about the U-Haul from a tipster, who reported that “it looked like a little army was loading up into the vehicle” in the parking lot of a hotel, White said. Officials spotted the truck soon after and pulled it over, he said.

Videos of the arrest posted on social media show the men kneeling on the grass with their hands zip-tied behind their backs.

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Those arrested came from at least 11 states, including Washington, Oregon, Texas, Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Illinois, Wyoming, Virginia, and Arkansas, White said.

Only one was from Idaho, he said.

Gee, what is the term for people who come from areas OUTSIDE the local are with the goal of being AGITATORS of violence?  It's at the tip of my tongue.

I am stunned that the cops did not side with the protesters.