The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office will conduct an investigation into the neo-Nazi demonstration over I-75 earlier this month. “This intimidation is a threat to our community and should never happen,” Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey said during a press conference Tuesday.McGuffey called on the Ohio legislature during the presser to make a bill to ban wearing masks to intimidate while open carrying weapons.”If you support the police, do something, do something that increases the safety of citizens of Ohio,” McGuffey said.She said they are working to trace the U-Haul used by the group and identify the individuals involved.”We’re going to know where they came from, I promise you that,” McGuffey said, saying they likely came from some other region. The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office will be investigating the legal and constitutional issues and the sheriff’s office internal affairs unit will be conducting an administrative review.”Threats to community are not OK even though hate speech is protected,” McGuffey said. The sheriff’s office will also have extra patrols in Lincoln Heights. When asked what they’ll do if the group comes back, McGuffey said they will not be caught off guard.”We will not be surprised,” McGuffey said. When asked about residents who have taken up arms in an effort to protect their communities, McGuffey said, “we do not want to create neighborhood militias, it leads back to tactics of these neo-Nazis.”It was nearly two weeks ago a group of white supremacists displayed banners with swastikas above I-75.Recently released footage showed Evendale police escorting the neo-Nazis onto school property.Local leaders and neighbors continue to question that decision and the lack of arrests.”It’s all about our children. And for a group of people with guns who show up down the street from an elementary school during the time our kids was dismissing – during that time period that they knew the majority of our residents between the ages of 25 to 65 was at work or on their way to work or sleeping from coming off of third shift – to show up during that time, I take it as a personal threat to our senior citizens, to our children. And as a community member I have to show up for my neighborhood,” resident Deronda Calhoun told WLWT. McGuffey said any actions taken by Evendale officers will need to be investigated by their department.
The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office will conduct an investigation into the neo-Nazi demonstration over I-75 earlier this month.
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“This intimidation is a threat to our community and should never happen,” Hamilton County Sheriff Charmaine McGuffey said during a press conference Tuesday.
McGuffey called on the Ohio legislature during the presser to make a bill to ban wearing masks to intimidate while open carrying weapons.
“If you support the police, do something, do something that increases the safety of citizens of Ohio,” McGuffey said.
She said they are working to trace the U-Haul used by the group and identify the individuals involved.
“We’re going to know where they came from, I promise you that,” McGuffey said, saying they likely came from some other region.
The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office will be investigating the legal and constitutional issues and the sheriff’s office internal affairs unit will be conducting an administrative review.
“Threats to community are not OK even though hate speech is protected,” McGuffey said.
The sheriff’s office will also have extra patrols in Lincoln Heights.
When asked what they’ll do if the group comes back, McGuffey said they will not be caught off guard.
“We will not be surprised,” McGuffey said.
When asked about residents who have taken up arms in an effort to protect their communities, McGuffey said, “we do not want to create neighborhood militias, it leads back to tactics of these neo-Nazis.”
It was nearly two weeks ago a group of white supremacists displayed banners with swastikas above I-75.
Recently released footage showed Evendale police escorting the neo-Nazis onto school property.
Local leaders and neighbors continue to question that decision and the lack of arrests.
“It’s all about our children. And for a group of people with guns who show up down the street from an elementary school during the time our kids was dismissing – during that time period that they knew the majority of our residents between the ages of 25 to 65 was at work or on their way to work or sleeping from coming off of third shift – to show up during that time, I take it as a personal threat to our senior citizens, to our children. And as a community member I have to show up for my neighborhood,” resident Deronda Calhoun told WLWT.
McGuffey said any actions taken by Evendale officers will need to be investigated by their department.
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