A 23-year-old self-declared leader of the alt-right was among 31 arrested for a planned riot on an Pride event Saturday - a large-scale detention that saw the members of the pro-white Patriot Front charged with criminal conspiracy.Currently being held without bail, Thomas Ryan Rousseau - who, along with his followers, are faced with felonies for the alleged offense that could see them jailed for up to five years - founded the white supremacist group in 2017 at just 18, after starting pro-white Vanguard America when he was 16.Rousseau, who grew up in a staunchly suburb In North , reportedly honed his rhetoric at his high school paper, writing opiniated columns before starting both organizations, which assert that its white members' ancestors conquered America, and thus the country should be left to them.
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