Community members are gathering to support a Cincinnati consultant who is facing calls for her removal.Iris Roley is accused of interfering with police work and harassing officers during incidents in Over-the-Rhine.In one video clip, Roley can be seen intervening as a CPD officer is asking a man to pour out a beer he is consuming on the sidewalk. “Do you know my name?” Roley asks the female officer as she approaches her. “I’m Iris Roley.”Roley then proceeds to communicate with both the officer and the man, asking the officer about the situation and whether the man wanted to file a complaint against the officer while the officer stands nearby and listens.In another clip, Roley can be seen intervening as a CPD officer is talking about giving a traffic ticket to a woman on a street near Findlay Market. Roley appears to dissuade the officer from issuing the ticket.A group of Black men rallied outside City Hall Thursday night to show their support for Roley, who is facing backlash from the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police.The FOP says Roley has been harassing officers but supporters say she is part of police accountability.“In the Black community we don’t have a lot of leaders, we lack Black leaders, so for you to be able to try to challenge one of the few that we have, you have to understand that’s going to be a mistake,” one supporter of Roley said at the rally.FOP President Ken Kober released a statement to WLWT, saying “We are dealing with violence in streets daily. Iris Roley should be focusing her efforts on community engagement, not harassing the police for simply doing the work tax payers expect of them.”
Community members are gathering to support a Cincinnati consultant who is facing calls for her removal.
Iris Roley is accused of interfering with police work and harassing officers during incidents in Over-the-Rhine.
In one video clip, Roley can be seen intervening as a CPD officer is asking a man to pour out a beer he is consuming on the sidewalk.
“Do you know my name?” Roley asks the female officer as she approaches her. “I’m Iris Roley.”
Roley then proceeds to communicate with both the officer and the man, asking the officer about the situation and whether the man wanted to file a complaint against the officer while the officer stands nearby and listens.
In another clip, Roley can be seen intervening as a CPD officer is talking about giving a traffic ticket to a woman on a street near Findlay Market. Roley appears to dissuade the officer from issuing the ticket.
A group of Black men rallied outside City Hall Thursday night to show their support for Roley, who is facing backlash from the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police.
The FOP says Roley has been harassing officers but supporters say she is part of police accountability.
“In the Black community we don’t have a lot of leaders, we lack Black leaders, so for you to be able to try to challenge one of the few that we have, you have to understand that’s going to be a mistake,” one supporter of Roley said at the rally.
FOP President Ken Kober released a statement to WLWT, saying “We are dealing with violence in streets daily. Iris Roley should be focusing her efforts on community engagement, not harassing the police for simply doing the work tax payers expect of them.”
