Dayton police request Toledo's help as it faces Klan-affiliated rally

Dayton police are requesting assistance from Toledo as officers from the department in southwest Ohio prepare for a rally at the end of May being planned by a group affiliated with the Ku Klux Klan.

On Tuesday, Toledo City Council unanimously approved a mutual-aid agreement between the two cities’ law enforcement departments that stipulates each will assist the other when requested.

Toledo police Lt. Kevan Toney said the agreement stemmed from an upcoming rally planned in Dayton organized by the Honorable Sacred Knights of Indiana, for which Montgomery County approved a permit in February to rally May 25 at Courthouse Square.

The group will be engaged in “education and public speaking,” according to the activity description on the group’s permit application.

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