Last week, police arrested 31 people linked to the White nationalist group Patriot Front for conspiring to attack an LGBTQ+ Pride event in Couer d'Alene, Idaho.
The firearms, armor and rhetoric indicated a plan to cause violence at the annual celebration.
Luckily, they were stopped and arrested before they could attack.
\u201cNEW: A U-Haul with masked neo-Nazi white supremacists was pulled over near a Pride event in Idaho\u2014 an officer said they were detained en masse on suspicion of conspiracy to riot and had weapons in the truck, per @thedailybeast.\u201d— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen) 1654990159
However, one of the members is in even deeper water than just being arrested for accusations of domestic terrorism.
One of them is being kicked out of his house after his mother got fed up with his bigotry.
Jared Boyce, 27, was one of the members of Patriot Front arrested on Saturday. He, along with all the other members, had their bond paid for them by other White nationalists with deeper pockets.
Karen Amsden, mother of Boyce, told The Daily Beast she kicked her son out of her house after he got out of jail.
\u201cKaren Amsden, the mother of Jared Boyce, told The Daily Beast that her son had struggled since his father left their family years ago and came out as gay, and said she was going public in hopes of damaging her son's reputation with white nationalism.\ud83d\udc4d\u270a\ud83e\udd23\nhttps://t.co/iFfwhvl1aY\u201d— \ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f Bob Lawrence --Obama is #1 (@\ud83c\udff4\u200d\u2620\ufe0f Bob Lawrence --Obama is #1) 1655207616
\u201cPatriot Front member Jared Boyce identifies in his Twitter bio as an "alpha chad."\n\nHis mother says "that her son has struggled to fill 'a void' in his life ever since his father left the family years ago and came out as gay" and that's when he found PF.\n\nhttps://t.co/SAH0CHSzoF\u201d— Ford Fischer (@Ford Fischer) 1655222245
\u201cImagine being 27 years old and getting doxxed by your own mom. The L's never end when you're a member of Patriot Front.\u201d— Pup Masks, Not Pigs \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\udf3b (@Pup Masks, Not Pigs \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\u26a7\ufe0f\ud83c\udf3b) 1655208404
\u201c@chris_notcapn Good for Mom! That was the right thing to do!\u201d— chris evans (@chris evans) 1655214120
\u201cKaren Amsden, mom of alleged Patriot Front member and Springville, Utah resident Jared Michael Boyce, said on Monday that her son has struggled to fill \u201ca void\u201d in his life ever since his father left the family years ago and came out as gay...\u201d— THE SAD TRUTH (@THE SAD TRUTH) 1655204894
\u201cLooks like Jared Boyce won't be living at his mom's house anymore.\u201d— Utah161 (@Utah161) 1655174247
\u201c@TheAdvocateMag @lfinneytweets I dunno; better late than never, but maybe waiting until he was 27 to give him the boot was part of the problem?\u201d— The Advocate (@The Advocate) 1655225773
She gave an ultimatum after he announced his intent to stay with the group.
Amsden said:
“I told him, ‘Well, then you can’t live here. You can choose between Patriot Front and your family'. And he’s like, ‘Well, I can’t quit Patriot Front'.”
“I’m like, ‘Well, then you've just chosen. So pack your stuff and get out of my house'.”
According to Amsden, her son has been acting out since his father came out as gay and they got divorced.
However, things got worse when he found the racist militia group.
“He’s so misguided and bought into all their rhetoric. It just makes me sick.”
Boyce tried to convince his mother to not speak with the media or FBI about him or his group, but she refused.
Instead, she plans the opposite.
“I would love to do whatever I can to out him so that he can’t be a part of it.”
“And that they don’t want him to be a part of their group because his mom has loose lips and a big mouth and he’s never going to get away with anything.”
Boyce’s mother is handling this well, even if Boyce himself is not.
\u201c@sea2ams1 @thedailybeast Not anymore\u201d— The Daily Beast (@The Daily Beast) 1655172306
\u201cKaren Amsden:\u201d— StevieSaidFuckTheCold (@StevieSaidFuckTheCold) 1655252004
\u201c@thedailybeast But wait, I thought Patriot Front members were just Feds posing? Could that possibly be a bunch of horse manure? Could that be a stupid conspiracy attempting to cover up white supremacist terrorism? \ud83e\udd14\u201d— The Daily Beast (@The Daily Beast) 1655172306
\u201c@Arthur_Foxache @RVAwonk Right? I have to say though, this is a mother who truly loves her son. Poor lady. But I do see her trying. Sad, probably to no avail, I\u2019m going to guess. I fear we haven\u2019t seen the last of these beauties.\u201d— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D) 1655224685
\u201cCan't make this shit up. so this is patriot front member Jared boyce white racist. Who was caught planning to riot in Idaho. with other dumb asses, at a gay pride celebration. His mommie thru him outta her house. Yes he was living with mommie a 30 something yr old smh...\u201d— WE HAVE NO FRIENDS/B.A.M.N (@WE HAVE NO FRIENDS/B.A.M.N) 1655282018
\u201c@AubryAndrews Hi I\u2019m Jared. I\u2019m 27. I live with my mom. Looking to settle down. Must be willing to iron my brown shirts.\n\nHe\u2019s available ladies.\u201d— Aubry Andrews \ud83e\udd9d (@Aubry Andrews \ud83e\udd9d) 1655233669
None— SonarMan\ud83c\udfa7\u2693\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\u262e (@SonarMan\ud83c\udfa7\u2693\ufe0f\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\udded\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6\u262e) 1655256890
Boyce, along with the rest of his group, face charges of conspiracy to riot.
All the members of the group have been released on the bond paid for by an anonymous source.
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