Patriot Front leader among those arrested near Idaho Pride event

Authorities arrest members of the white supremacist group Patriot Front near an Idaho pride event (AP)

After 31 members of a white supremacist group were arrested while possessing riot gear near a northern Idaho Pride event, LGBTQ advocates have said that polarisation and a fraught political climate are putting their community at risk.

The Patriot Front members were arrested after officers received a tip that people were loading up into a U-Haul vehicle like “a little army” at a hotel car park in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, police said.