Tyler Russell Arbuckle (born July 1998) of Utah is a member of the white supremacist, neo-Nazi organization Patriot Front. Tyler Arbuckle goes by the alias “Anthony UT” within the white supremacist, neo-fascist group. In January 2022, leaked messages and images from Patriot Front’s RocketChat internal communications was published on Unicorn Riot and clearly identifies Tyler Arbuckle as “Anthony UT”. Tyler has participated in placing neo-Nazi propaganda, demonstrations, and drills with the racist organization. Moreover, Arbuckle graduated from the United States Air Force at Lackland AFB, is likely an active member of the U.S. military, and is probably stationed at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.
We would like to acknowledge antifascist researchers who contributed research to this article including, but not limited to, Central Oregon Antifascism, Texas Against Fascism, Expose DezNat, and Salish Coast Antifa.
Entire List of Identified Patriot Front Members
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- Patriot Fail: Members Identified from the RocketChat Leak
Images of Tyler Russell Arbuckle: image on left from leaked Patriot Front communications; image on right from a public post on Instagram.
Patriot Front is a neo-fascist organization that splintered from the neo-Nazi organization, Vanguard America, in the chaotic aftermath of Unite the Right in 2017. Its members are white supremacists who have advocated for rape gangs. Patriot Front members have been involved in dozens of hate crimes in the United States and is one of the most active neo-Nazi organizations operating in the United States today. It’s current leader is Thomas Rousseau, who runs the entire operation out of his house in Haslet, Texas, a city located in the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex.
In January 2022, Unicorn Riot published a trove of leaked messages and images from Patriot Front’s RocketChat private communications and other sources. As reported by Unicorn Riot, “The exposed communications show coordination with their leader Thomas Rousseau to deface murals and monuments to Black lives across the United States, and intimate struggles to bolster morale through group activities like hiking and camping.”
“The release includes more than 400 gigabytes of data published by Unicorn Riot. Ostensibly private, unedited videos and direct messages reveal a campaign to organize acts of racial hatred while indoctrinating teenagers into national socialism (Nazism). The information stands as a chilling reminder that fascist organizing thrives in secrecy and obscurity.”
ABOUT TYLER ARBUCKLE
Tyler Arbuckle grew up in a Latter-day Saint (Mormon) home, was a boy scout, and attended Brigham Young University-Idaho. At 23 years old, he is the oldest child of New York City-based and 6-time National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Emmy Award-winning Fox News meteorologist, Amy Freeze and Gary Arbuckle, a chiropractor in Pleasant Grove, Utah. The Freeze and Arbuckle extended families are very involved in their communities.
On November 16, 2021, Tyler Arbuckle as “Anthony UT” sent a direct message to Patriot Front member “Jason NY”. In this message he reveals he