caught with shields, weapons, and at least one smoke bomb as they headed toward downtown coeur d alene. i have no doubt in my mind that had that van stopped at the park or much nearer the park, that we still would have ended up in a riot situation. reporter: one by one, police unmasked the men. one of the men, police say, is their leader thomas rousseau. he along with his group patriot front came from out of town and brought with them a nasty racist past, one cnn has reported on over the years. these were members of the hate group patriot front. these are not antifa in disguise, nor were they fbi members in disguise. reporter: this group didn t just come out of nowhere. they re not new. researchers that track hate say patriot front is an offshoot of a group called vanguard america, whose alleged leader, thomas rousseau, attended the unite the right rally in charlottesville. jews will not replace us! reporter: the person convicted of this murderous act
Court records: Smoke bomb, metal poles and detailed plans found during Patriot Front arrests
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u-haul, and they made the arrests inside. police say they found those riot shields and gear, at least one smoke bomb, and jose, a detailed plan to use that smoke bomb with language that sounded a lot like wanna be military operation with terms like, appropriate levels of confrontational dynamic. so the mayor s response to all of this was very direct. hate has no place in coeur d alene. take a listen. we are the same city that we were last week, and that city is the city that respects everyone, that welcomes everyone, that accords the basic human rights to everyone. reporter: again, the mayor and the police chief very adamant that the action taken prevented a riot. jose? gadi schwartz, thank you very much. next, what do voters think