Boise Idaho Protest

Most of the protests in idaho have been peaceful including in places where armed counterprotesters and militia groups have been prominent.

Boise idaho protest. During the protests boise police closed down capitol boulevard between main and idaho streets causing traffic congestion during rush hour traffic. New boise police chief ryan lee was sworn in on july 2 the day after a black lives matter defund the police rally outside city hall resulted in tension taunting name calling the shouting of. Boise idaho coming up tonight is a peaceful black lives matter protest which has switched to a different location after a large group of counter protesters attended the last one. A black lives matter protest outside boise city hall on tuesday regarding funding for police escalated when counterprotesters some of whom were white supremacists and several of whom were armed.

Police said in a post on twitter that interactions between groups were spirited with several fights broken up by on scene officers no arrests were made. Boise s chapter of black lives matter blm held a defund the police protest in front of the city hall in boise on june 30th. As nationwide protests have spread across the country against the police it took a little longer for idaho to experience its first defund the police protest. Blm defund the police protest and massive counter protest from american patriots in idaho.

The counterprotesters outnumbered those calling for defunding the police. Many said they mobilized out of concern about rioting and. The black lives matter boise protest was met by a second protest led by a group called idaho liberty dogs. Boise idaho several hundred people gathered on the steps of the idaho state capitol building in downtown boise on sunday morning as part of peaceful protest in response to george floyd s death.