According to officials, more than two dozen members of a white supremacist group were arrested in northwest Idaho on Saturday and charged with preparing a riot near an LGBTQ pride celebration.

Chief of police for the city of Coeur d'Alene, Lee White, told reporters that 31 Patriot Front members face misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot and that additional charges could be filed later.

According to White, a nearby homeowner observed the men, wearing white masks and holding shields, getting into a U-Haul truck and phoned the police, stating that it "looked like a little army," The police stopped the car around 10 minutes after receiving the report.

A video captured at the arrest scene and shared online depicted approximately 20 men kneeling beside the vehicle with their wrists bound while wearing matching khaki pants, blue shirts, white masks, and baseball caps.

White stated that police seized at least one smoke grenade, documents including an "operations plan" shields, and shin guards, all of which made their intents plain.

He stated, "They came to riot downtown,"

White stated that the males are from at least eleven states, including Texas, Colorado, and Virginia.

According to the Southern Poverty Law Center, which monitors hate groups, Patriot Front split from another extremist organization, Vanguard America, following the white nationalist "Unite the Right" protest in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.