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Week of June 23, 2022
JEFFERSON COUNTY, COLORADO
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VOLUME 38 | ISSUE 48
Metro area men arrested in Idaho riot plot Authorities say they planned to disrupt Pride event BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
Food trucks line the plaza at the Street Food Social event in Belmar.
PHOTOS BY BOB WOOLEY
Street Food Social brings festival vibe to Belmar Food trucks and good tunes bring festival faithful to Lakewood BY BOB WOOLEY BWOOLEY@COLORADOCOMMUNITYMEDIA.COM
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ood trucks brought a feast for the palette, while acoustic bluegrass versions of country classics provided nourishment for the soul, at Street Food Social on June 17 in Lakewood’s Belmar Shopping District. SEE FOOD, P2
On June 11, a U-Haul moving truck in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, was pulled over by multiple law enforcement agencies. In the back of the truck they found 31 men, allegedly associated with the far right white supremacist group, Patriot Front. The men, all dressed in similar clothes — khaki pants, blue shirts and white masks that obscured their faces except for the eyes — also were carrying shields and riot gear. All 31 were arrested on “suspicion of conspiring to riot,” at a Pride in the Park event to be held that same afternoon. Three of the 31 men arrested that day had come from the Denver Metro Area. They have been identified as Conor Ryan, 23, of Thornton; Nathan Brenner, 26, of Louisville; and Forrest Rankin, 28, of Wheat Ridge. According to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office, the traffic stop was the result of a tip from a concerned citizen who saw the men loading into the truck. The caller said the men looked like “a little army.” An uncomfortable truth White nationalist groups and their members are not new to Colorado. In fact, the metro area has a long, complicated history with race.
Billy’s Beefy Burgers were a big boon at Street Food Social in Belmar.
INSIDE: VOICES: PAGE 14 | LIFE: PAGE 16 | CALENDAR: PAGE 19 | SPORTS: PAGE 26
Evergreen Jazz Festival Big Talent! Small Venues! Great Setting!
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SEE RIOT, P2
July 29, 30 & 31