On Sunday morning, we posted Two Sioux Falls men among 31 Patriot Front members arrested in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, identifying the Rushmore State's wannabe-violent homophobic white supremacists as James Michael Johnson, 40, and Derek Joseph Smith, 24, who were booked for Criminal Conspiracy.
On Monday, Cory Allen Heidelberger posted photos of these charming gentleman in Two Sioux Falls Men Among 31 Arrested for Plot to Stage Riot at Idaho LGBT Festival at Dakota Free Press.
In recognition of his relatively elder status in the goon squad, we've posted Johnson's mugshot at the top of this post. Here's Smith:
The Dakota Free Press post notes:
31 masked neo-Nazi goons kitted out for a street fight were pulled out of a U-Haul truck and arrested for conspiring to riot at an LGBT festival in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho Saturday. . ..
Sally Jo Sorensen finds two Sioux Falls fellas among the Aryan crud. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office booking summary report for June 12 shows James Michael Johnson, age 40, of South Lewis Avenue and Derek Joseph Smith, age 24, of East 12th Street among the unwelcome mayhem enthusiasts.
. . . If Johnson and Smith are allowed to leave Idaho this week, folks might want to keep an eye out for this pair at the Sioux Falls Pride parade and festival this coming Saturday.
We republish the mugshots and DFP street addresses so Sioux Fall residents can stay safe. The James Johnson in Dakota News Now story is a different man, James Julius Johnson, of Concrete, WA, as per the sheriff's daily log for Sunday (pdf here). UPDATE: James Julius Johnson was profiled in Seattle's Patriot Front Couple: James Julius Johnson and Amelia Watts at wanaziwatch on December 5, 2021. [end update]
Photos: Top: "James Michael Johnson, vacation photo, courtesy of Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department, posted in Quinn Welsch, 2022.06.12." Bottom: "Derek Joseph Smith, vacation photo, courtesy of Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department, posted in Quinn Welsch, “Sheriff’s Office Releases Names of 31 Patriot Front Members Arrested in Saturday Bust,” Spokane Spokesman-Review, 2022.06.12." Via Dakota Free Press.
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