31 people with ties to white supremacy group arrested for conspiracy to riot after informant tipped them off

Police in Coeru d'Alene Idaho arrested 31 members of an extremist group who were allegedly on their way to protest at the citys Pride in the Park event, after an informant tipped them off.

All 31 members were wearing nearly identical masks, hats, shirts and khakis, and were placed in zip tied cuffs and taken away from the scene, according to the Independent.

"They came to riot downtown," said police chief Lee White at a Saturday press conference.

The group, which had an "operations plan" in its possession, was charged with conspiracy to riot, a misdemeanor.

Patriot Front is known for showing up in various cities to stage "flash mob" style marches, with appearances in Nashville, Washington DC and Pittsburgh over the last two years. Last July In Philadelphia, they were forced to fight their way out back to Penske trucks they arrived in - during which they were briefly detained but then let go.

Officially - as the Independent reports, Coeur d’Alene police say they were tipped off by a "concerned citizen," who said the men, with masks and shields, were "looking like an army," while cramming themselves into the U-haul at a hotel, and that the "concerned citizen" was not from an informant within the group.

However, a video has been circulating of Coeur d’Alene police captain David Hagar saying that they had "informants."

"Do you know what the original stop was for," he was asked.

"For that," said Hagar, referring to the men in the back of the U-haul.

"But how did you know?" asked a woman.

"We had informants," Hagar replies, with some interpreting his next words as "in their chats."