Illegal drugs. Sidewalk sex & defecation. Is a street barricade the answer?

WCPO - Cincinnati Scripps

April 22, 2024 at 5:41 PM

An open-air illegal drug market near a church in the Over-the-Rhine neighborhood of Cincinnati has become so dangerous that Cincinnati police plan to barricade a nearby street for six months, Nearby surveillance video captured the use of those drugs, public defecation and daytime sidewalk sex. MORE: https://www.wcpo.com/news/local-news/i-team/video-shows-sidewalk-sex-defecation-illegal-drugs-outside-otr-church-now-a-nearby-street-will-be-barricaded

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