A white supremacist group tied to the extremist Patriot Front is building and training at a hidden rural compound in Tennessee, describing it to members as a place for 'like-blooded people'. Investigators and community watchdogs have documented the transformation of a 122-acre property in Tellico Plains, Monroe County, into a hub for Patriot Front members and other far-right extremists, including training in combat and martial arts under the guise of 'community building' events.
Patriot Front is a white supremacist organisation founded after the 2017 'Unite the Right' rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is led by Thomas Ryan Rousseau, whose group espouses the creation of a white ethnostate and frequently distributes racist propaganda nationwide.
