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Residents, faith and civic leaders urge Cincinnati City Council to condemn neo‑Nazi display in Lincoln Heights, call for protections
Summary
Speakers at the Citizens Forum pressed Cincinnati City Council to denounce a neo‑Nazi demonstration in Lincoln Heights, to pursue criminal identification and prosecution of participants, and to take steps — including ordinance reviews and public‑safety deployments — to protect vulnerable communities.
During the Cincinnati City Council Citizens Forum, residents and community leaders urged the council to formally condemn a recent neo‑Nazi demonstration in Lincoln Heights and to take steps to protect residents and pursue criminal accountability.
Speakers said the display of Nazi symbols and a banner reading, in their words, “America for the white man,” threatened public safety and echoed genocidal rhetoric. Werner Lang, chair of the Ohio Peace Council, called the event “a moral outrage” and asked the council to “unanimously pass a resolution condemning this brazen advocacy of genocide and call for their…
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