during the George Floyd protests cops in most cities did not see fascists from our of town as being non-native, and collaborated with them.

In Ferguson, the cops were - themselves - non native. The St. Louis PD has jurisdiction over the county, but the residents have no electoral impact on St. Louis offices.

It's a fundamentally different relationship here. Coeur d'Alene isn't a country captured by a larger right-wing municipal government. It's a liberal enclave running counter to the prevailing culture of the state.