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Trials began this week in Idaho for 31 members of a far-right group accused of conspiring to riot at an LGBTQ event. But calls are growing for federal involvement to bring greater accountability.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho (AP) — Six of the 31 members of a white supremacist group who were arrested near a northern Idaho pride event last month will be in court on Monday afternoon, facing misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot. The Patriot Front members were arrested June 11 with riot gear after a tipster reported seeing people loading up into a U-Haul at a hotel parking lot in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, police said. Scheduled to appear in court Monday were Josiah Buster and his brother Mishael Buster and Connor Moran, all of Watauga, Texas; Derek Smith of Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Dakota Tabler of West Valley City, Utah; and Justin O'Leary, of Des Moines, Washington.

On June 11, Idaho authorities intercepted 31 members of Patriot Front, a fascist white nationalist group seeking to create a "whites-only America."

Police in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, have also received threats to dox officers.

Police in Idaho arrested 31 members of the white nationalist group Patriot Front this weekend.

Sunday's show will feature performances from "The Music Man" and other Tony-nominated musicals in a celebration of the best of Broadway.

Police said the men were planning to riot in several areas of downtown Coeur d'Alene.

All 31 are being charged with conspiracy to riot.

The group, which is a rebrand of a group that attended the "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville, Va., has created an image of Americana bolstered by racism, antisemitism and neo-fascism.

Screenshot/TwitterWASHINGTON, D.C.—A group of white supremacists stormed through downtown Washington, D.C. on Saturday evening, bearing American flags and mildly menacing plastic shields while marching to the beat of a snare drum down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial. But after chanting aggressively about their plans to “reclaim America,” their intended show of force stalled spectacularly when they lost their ride.While the group had marched through the city with threatening chants about their

Washtenaw County elected officials and administrators condemned the defacing of one of Ypsilanti's Black Lives Matter murals.

A Black Lives Matter mural in Ypsilanti was vandalized by a white supremacist group in the early morning hours of Sunday morning.

Patriot Front is categorized as an anti-Semitic, white supremacist group by the Anti-Defamation League.

White supremacist propaganda and racial harassment are continuing an upward trend in Michigan. White supremacist groups are also stepping up efforts to recruit young men across Michigan. White supremacist propaganda increased by 36% increase since 2019. The ADL found white supremacist propaganda was distributed in 54 communities across Michigan. Propaganda associated with five different white supremacist groups were identified, including two neo-Nazi groups and a chapter of the Ku Klux Klan.

Police escort the last of about 150 masked members of the Patriot Front from a parking garage, after they peacefully ended a march near Capitol Hill, in Washington, U.S., February 8, 2020. REUTERS/Mike TheilerWASHINGTON (Reuters) - Police escorted masked members of a white nationalist group on a march through Washingtons National Mall on Saturday that Metropolitan Police said occurred without incident or arrests. At that rally, self-described neo Nazi James Fields drove his car into a group of counter-protesters, killing 32-year-old Heather Heyer. A spokeswoman for District of Columbia Metropolitan Police said it had no record of a permit for the march. The Metropolitan Police spokeswoman said that the First Amendment demonstration was peaceful with no incidents or arrests.