White supremacist group “Patriot Front” marched in downtown Nashville on Saturday, stirring speculation of the group’s authenticity.
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Patriot Front, who many believe are Federal Agents, were seen marching in Nashville, Tennessee.
They were in their typical blue/khaki clothes and left the event in a U-Haul. pic.twitter.com/dglYojAdlh
— Anthony Hughes (@CallMeAntwan) July 7, 2024
The group was caught on video, carrying both American and Confederate flags and marching to the beat of a snare drum. Members of the group wore matching khaki pants, military-style boots, and white ski masks covering their faces as the march took them across the John Seigenthaler pedestrian bridge and into downtown Nashville.
Another video shows the group unloading from the back of U-haul trucks, preparing for their march.
Patriot Front Group spotted unloading out of a U-Haul truck in Tennessee ‼️
This is crazy! pic.twitter.com/xu5RZv9kDd
— TONY™ (@TONYxTWO) July 7, 2024
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The group’s website claims, “Our people, born to this nation of our European race, must reforge themselves as a new collective capable of asserting our right to cultural independence.” The group also declares that the US government is “no longer legitimate” and calls for changing or abolishing it.
Patriot Front members defend using masks and remaining anonymous, arguing that the US government is ignoring the First Amendment of the Constitution with their treatment of protestors. However, others have speculated that the group could be a “honey pot” operation by federal authorities.
Our government is so corrupt they have the FBI dress up as commies to stir up a White Supremacy narrative that does not exist…
They call themselves Patriot Front. 👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/VngburyD9x
— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) July 7, 2024
A “honey pot” operation is a deceptive practice, usually by law enforcement, where targeted people are lured into getting involved with illegal activity. Authorities may be trying to catch offenders directly engaging in illegal activity, or observe their methods and collect information.
On some occasions, Patriot Front has had the privilege of a police escort for their marches. At their march in Washington DC in 2020, where they had a police escort, “a spokeswoman for District of Columbia Metropolitan Police said it had no record of a permit for the march.”
In 2022, 31 members of the group were arrested in Coeur d’Alene Idaho, where they were planning to protest a Pride event. While five of those arrested saw jail time, the case against the group’s leader, Thomas Rousseau, was ultimately dismissed. According to local news, the dismissal was due to “lost evidence and failures of prosecutors to follow court orders.”
Daniel Walters further explains in the Idaho Capital Sun how cell phones and other electronics obtained by the police at the time of the arrest were given to the FBI. The lack of cooperation by the FBI with the prosecutors regarding this evidence contributed to the case’s dismissal.
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