Anti-Zionist Protester Out on Bond After Bringing a Sword to City Hall

Alexandra Dalton, who also goes by Alexander and “Big Al,” was released on bond Thursday after allegedly smuggling a concealed sword cane into a Cincinnati City Council meeting. Dalton appeared before the Council draped in a keffiyeh to criticize the city’s redevelopment plans for Piatt Park. During her testimony, she directed repeated, pointed comments toward Councilman Mark Jeffreys, “No answers, no accountability … but what do you expect from a Zionist?”