Boise Police Chief Ryan Lee had faced an investigation into excessive force after demonstrating an unorthodox neck hold on Sgt. Kirk Rush during a staff meeting last October.
In the early afternoon of June 11, a person wishing to remain anonymous called Coeur d’Alene police to say dozens of men had been loading up into a U-Haul in a hotel parking lot, like “a little army.” Before the day was over, news organizations across the nation detailed the arrests of 31 men, each charged with conspiracy to riot at a Coeur d’Alene Pride rally.