Hamilton County officials review response after neo‑Nazi group marched on Lincoln Heights overpass

Hamilton County commissioners and local leaders met Feb. 25 to review law‑enforcement and municipal responses after a neo‑Nazi group demonstrated on an overpass above Interstate 75 on Feb. 7, an event residents say targeted Lincoln Heights and left seniors and schoolchildren frightened.

The meeting opened with Board President Denise Treehouse saying, “We’re here because of an abhorrent behavior of a group of Nazis who came to our community to spew hate and to sow discord. They’re racist, they’re fear mongers, and they have no place here,” and asking county staff and partner agencies to explain what happened and why the community lacked advance notice.

The county administrator, Jeff Aluto, told commissioners the incident lasted roughly four hours from start to finish, with the group present on the Evendale overpass for about 42 minutes, and that the administration had gathered responses from the Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office, the Village of Evendale and the Hamilton County Prosecutor to answer commissioners’ written questions.

Ruby Kinsey Mumphrey, mayor of Lincoln Heights, told the board residents felt excluded from early investigatory steps and from a sheriff’s press conference. “We feel that…