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Alles anzeigenLINCOLN HEIGHTS, Ohio — Days after a neo-Nazi demonstration in Lincoln Heights, residents are still wondering what happened and reeling from the impact the group has had on their community. WCPO has gone through body camera footage and released information from the Evendale Police Department, Hamilton County Sheriff's Office and Village of Lockland.
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Did police escort the neo-Nazis out of the area?
Evendale police said one of the neo-Nazis told an officer they wanted to leave but the U-Haul they brought was located behind the residents protesting them. Officers at the scene did work together to allow the U-Haul to get onto the overpass "so that the original demonstrators could leave the area."
"Again, this was a decision based upon its value to de-escalate the situation and maintain public safety," Chief Holloway said Tuesday.
A photo circulating social media over the weekend showed a police cruiser was later in front of the neo-Nazis' U-Haul in the nearby village of Lockland after the demonstration. Mayor Mark Mason Sr. said in a release over the weekend that the single Lockland police unit that responded to the demonstration did not escort the neo-Nazis nor is it the vehicle in the photos.
The police officer that was spotted near the U-Haul was an Evendale officer following the vehicle after it left the overpass who saw it exit into Lockland. That officer made contact with the neo-Nazis and told them to "leave the area," both Evendale and Lockland officials said.