Who Are Neo Nazi Patriot Front Members Arrested at Idaho Pride?

Patriot Front’s founder and current leader, Thomas Ryan Rousseau, grew up in Coppell, Texas, a suburb a few miles north of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. He was among the 31 arrested in Coeur d’Alene last week while trying to disrupt the Pride event. Rousseau was previously arrested in August 2020 in Parker County, Texas, after being caught placing stickers advertising his group’s website on a signs outside of a courthouse. Members arrested last week hailed from Texas, Utah, Washington, Colorado, South Dakota, Alabama, Wyoming, Oregon, Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri. (According to a ProPublica report from 2019, Rousseau’s group had, at the time, roughly 300 members.) Following the arrests in Idaho, police officials said Monday they’d been bombarded with death threats.

Patriot Front’s founder and current leader, Thomas Ryan Rousseau, grew up in Coppell, Texas, a suburb a few miles north of the Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. He was among the 31 arrested in Coeur d’Alene last week while trying to disrupt the Pride event. Rousseau was previously arrested in August 2020 in Parker County, Texas, after being caught placing stickers advertising his group’s website on a signs outside of a courthouse. Members arrested last week hailed from Texas, Utah, Washington, Colorado, South Dakota, Alabama, Wyoming, Oregon, Illinois, Arkansas and Missouri. (According to a ProPublica report from 2019, Rousseau’s group had, at the time, roughly 300 members.) Following the arrests in Idaho, police officials said Monday they’d been bombarded with death threats.