Boise’s July 4 parade should have been a time for unity. Liberty Dogs stopped that

If the point of Boise’s Fourth of July parade was to highlight and deepen divisions and tension within Idaho, it succeeded.

It could have been a thoroughly normal event, and much of it was : Firetrucks, a marching band, people on stilts — a family-oriented celebration.

But organizers of the parade, the first held in Boise after a three-year hiatus, decided to allow armed groups to parade alongside the escaramuza riders and people dressed up as founders.