White supremacists destroyed a Pride mural. The video they made got them arrested.

Patriot Front members deface the Olympia, WA LGBTQ mural
Photo: KING 5 screenshot

Video of white nationalists defacing an LGBTQ community mural in Olympia, Washington has helped lead to criminal charges against two of the group’s alleged members. One now has a warrant out for his arrest, and more arrests could be on the way. Both men were among 31 group members arrested in June for trying to disrupt a northern Idaho Pride event.

Police said that video of the vandalism — taken on October 16, 2021 — and a video of a pre-vandalism “test run” in the area helped them identify 20-year-old Spencer Thomas Simpson and 23-year-old Colton Michael Brown as suspects. The men are both believed to be members of Patriot Front, a white nationalist hate group, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.

The October 16 video shows six men in dark clothing and facemasks defacing the rainbow-colored mural, which had the words “Respect & Love Olympia” written upon a rainbow, painted onto the side of a city-owned building. The mural was installed in 2014 after…

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