5 charged in horrifying viral Cincinnati brawl that left woman knocked out cold
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Five people have been charged over a vicious beatdown on a Cincinnati street after footage of the wild brawl went viral.
The suspects' names were not released, and Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge declined to specify the charges - but cautioned more arrests were expected.
"We have five we have charged, and anticipate more," Theetge told reporters Monday, two days after the 3 a.m. Saturday incident which she referred to as a "fight."
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Accoding to online videos, the "fight" consisted of a mob stomping on the head of a man cowering on downtown street, while a woman was cold-cocked and knocked out with blood pouring from her mouth after she tried to intervene.
Theetge, however, tried to downplay the brawl, calling the weekend "outside of this one incident, an amazing success for this city" while explaining that a baseball game and music festival happening in Cincinnati that night both went off without a hitch.
"We had one incident - one incident - late Friday night into Saturday morning that is getting all the attention and undoing the good stuff that happened this weekend," she said.
There was also no update given on the condition of the targets of the assault - with Theetge saying she didn't know if anyone was hospitalized afterwards, but that the victims "appeared to be as well as could be expected" when police arrived.
But Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy said he spoke to the woman who was knocked out, claiming she was a mother named Holly who told him "not a single local or state official had yet reached out" to her besides "one police detective."
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"She's a single working mom who went to a friend's birthday party," the former GOP presidential hopeful said. "It's unconscionable that there were no police present in that area of Cincinnati on a Friday night, or even an ambulance to take her to the hospital."
Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police President Ken Kober told WLWT the victims suffered "pretty serious injuries" and would be "recovering from this for a while."
Theetge, however, disputed critics' characterization of the downtown police presence, saying officers were on-scene within six minutes of receiving a call about the brawl and that it had ended and dispersed by the time they arrived.
But she also appeared to blame residents of her city who saw the fight for any delay in response - saying upwards of 100 people were either involved or watching, but that only a single person called 911.
The chief also admonished the press, accusing reporters of playing video of the incident that only showed "one version of what occurred" - though she did not elaborate on what she meant by that.
Exactly what sparked the fight remains unclear, but footage indicated it started as an argument between two men before quickly escalating.
The man taking the brunt of the attack was white, while his assailants appeared to be largely black.
One witness told WXIX somebody made a racial comment before the beating began, though those reports are unconfirmed and it is unclear who supposedly said what.
Footage of the brawl - which was extremely graphic, and included the man at its center being body slammed at one point — spread rapidly online over the weekend, with Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk even weighing in and calling for arrests.
"I haven't seen the full context, but what I saw is a mob of lawless thugs beating up on an innocent person," the Vice President and former Ohio senator said.
"Where I come from at least, when you have a grown man who sucker punches a middle-aged woman, that person ought to go to jail for a very long time," Vance added.
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Damn straight!
What animals!
A man sucker punching a woman is not a "fight" and it's insane city officials are calling it one.
OJ Monitors Cincinnati Attack On White Couple, 5 Arrested
Welcome to the jungle baby!
I want to thank the seeder for posting this article. It is the least reported story via the msm. The video was released by someone on X, (I think his handle was "end wokeness",) otherwise I doubt we would have heard about it at all. There is a Cincinnati newspaper (the old Cincinnati Enquirer) that has a spot on X and I looked there and found nothing. The Cincinnati Police have a page on X and there was nothing about it. The reason of course, is that this was a case of black on white crime. If it were the opposite, it would have been front page news.
Had this incident been limited to two men, one white and one black, I wouldn't have rated it much of a story either, but that is not the case. It may have started that way but look at what followed:
A dozen or more people jumped in. Almost all of those jumping in appeared to be young blacks, while the victims appeared to be middle aged whites, with a white woman who was sucker punched and knocked down. When the victims hit the pavement the attackers then body slammed themselves on top of them, they kicked the victims in the head as if trying to kill them while they were defenseless. Last but not least there was glee in the background as high fives were being given, while others cheered it on.
I notice none of our lefties dared post a comment on this seed. Well, I have some bad news for both you and Cincinnati city officials. Harmeet K. Dhillon is now the Assistant Attorney General at the DOJ's Civil Rights Division. I'm sure she is taking a good look at this.
AND I HOPE SHE BRINGS HATE CRIME CHARGES AGAINST THAT VICIOUS MOB.
gee, a drunken donnybrook at 3am after a racial epitaph was yelled. go figure ...[✘]
The only people not voting in the future are the felon thug democrats.
And the son-of-a-bitch who did the sucker punching appears all concerned when he seemingly realized he may have fucked up...........big time
He is a true coward.
Saw today that the defense for the perps is already throwing out the race card. Predictable.
As much as we sometimes don't like it a defense lawyers job is to do whatever they can for their client
Agreed.
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What’s there to say?
They’d be loud, proud and rioting if this had been white on black.
Thus illustrates the difference in this country.
Of course not. It is black on white……alot of blacks on white.
Summarily approved in the leftist world.
Meh, it's expected...
Hopefully the victims can recover soon and the videos help catch all the attackers
And hopefully they don’t have a “Soros” prosecutor
I’d be good with the death penalty for shit like this, regardless of race.
Is this prosecutor of Soros working in Cincinnati?
If the victim dies I'd agree, otherwise no
UPDATE:
A man and woman were busted in connection with the brutal brawl in Cincinnati on Saturday morning that left two people seriously injured, including one suspect who was freed on bail after he was hit with gun charges earlier this month, officials said.
Montianez Merriweather, 34, and 24-year-old Dekyra Vernon were arrested on Tuesday following the beatdown against a white couple that went viral online, WXIX reported , citing police.
Merriweather was previously indicted on July 10 for receiving stolen property, weapons under disability, improper transportation of a firearm and other charges, according to the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police.
He was out on bond during Saturday’s incident, though he only paid 10% of the $4,000 he was held on, according to the FOP.
“This is your court system,” the FOP post read.
The Hamilton County Prosecutor’s Office still has three outstanding warrants issued for additional arrests.
News of Merriweather and Dekyra Vernon’s arrests came after Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge on Monday announced that five people had been charged in relation to the attack.
Saturday’s brawl, which sparked public outrage, took place just outside the popular nightclub LoVe.
In a viral video of the beatdown, one woman was knocked out cold by the mob. She lay prone on the pavement as a trail of blood dripped out the side of her mouth.
Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy and Vice President JD Vance, the former senator for the Buckeye State, both weighed in on the “unconscionable” violence.
“I haven’t seen the full context, but what I saw is a mob of lawless thugs beating up on an innocent person,” Vance said.
“Where I come from at least, when you have a grown man who sucker-punches a middle-aged woman, that person ought to go to jail for a very long time,” he added.
Two arrested in brutal Cincinnati brawl; one was freed on bail despite serious charges
And now:
"A third person has been arrested in connection with a brutal beatdown in Cincinnati that left two people seriously injured this past weekend, police sources confirmed to Fox News. Sources also said that the individual was booked overnight.
Jermaine Matthews has been arrested and charged with aggravated riot and assault. Sources confirmed to Fox News Digital that authorities are taking the investigation into the viral beating in Cincinnati. Now, just days after the beatdown, three people have been arrested in connection with the crime.
The FBI confirmed to Fox News Digital that it was involved in the investigation into the brawl and that it would be working with police."
Suspect in Cincinnati brawl arrested, charged with aggravated riot, assault | Fox News
The chief of police blames the bartender for overserving a defendant before the assault.
Can’t wait for that logic to be applied to rape, vehicular manslaughter and all the other crimes people commit while drunk. It’s the bartenders fault!
If I could only put my finger on why the Chief of police expects less or is making excuses for their behavior.
Maybe dating one of the women that was charged.
She has to serve the democrat mayor who said:
"There's no indication at this point that race was a motivation in this violent act."
Fortunately, Assistant U.S. Attorney General Harmeet Dhillon had this to say:
"Every American is entitled to the equal protection of our laws. Nobody in our great nation should be the victim of such crime, and where race is a motivation, federal law may apply."
BTW the response from the mayor comes from Vancouver.
He is on vacation from there and refuses to cut it short over this incident.
Cincinnati official under fire for celebrating brutal attack: ‘They begged for that beatdown!’
Ok, who else is not surprised the council member is a Democrat?
Can’t have a civilized society with people with people like that in charge.
And funny enough, the Democrats can't figure out why their approval rating is below that of airplane food.
So she has no problem with violence against women because "they deserve it". It will be interesting to see if any dems condem her statement and she keeps her job.
Of course she has no problem with it. That "D" associated with her name is proof enough.
Yeah, I'm not holding my breath.
She's already said she is not planning on running for re-election anymore. It's retirement time for her, she graduated high school in 1976 which would put her in the 67/68 year old range.
Imagine if the races were reversed.
This nasty woman would be screeching for "justice" against those white supremacist boys, and right on cue, the Reeevvuuuuuuruuuund Al would show up to race bait.
I would normally bet ole Ben Crump would show, but he is busy trying to extort money from the Jacksonville Sherriff's office in North Florida for a supposed police brutality incident where the cop was cleared of any wrongdoing.
Don't have to imagine it. Remember the riots after George Floyd overdosed and they claimed a white cop killed him?
Ah …..yes. Memories. Too bad the coroner report said otherwise.
"Three major broadcast networks still have not covered the horrific viral brawl in Cincinnatti that left a woman unconscious on their main morning and evening news programs as of Thursday.
The Media Research Council's Newsbusters analyzed ABC’s "Good Morning America" and "World News Tonight," "CBS News Mornings" and "Evening News," and NBC’s "Today" and "Nightly News" in the days since the vile Cincinnati assault – in which a woman was left on the ground unconscious – and found no coverage of the event through Wednesday, July 30.
A subsequent Fox News Digital analysis found that the fight was not covered on any of the aforementioned networks’ shows Thursday. ABC and NBC's websites did cover the event, and NBC's streaming service and early morning show also reported the story, per the report. "
Major networks ignore viral Cincinnati brawl that left woman unconscious | Fox News
UPDATE:
"One of the three suspects apprehended so far in the brutal downtown street beating from early Saturday morning was set to be released on bond on Friday.
Jermaine Matthews, 39, was expected to leave the Hamilton County Jail on Friday after paying a combined $270,000 bond after he was hit with four charges stemming from the beatdown, according to his attorney, Brandon Fox."
Cincinnati assault: Police charge six suspects, hunt three fugitives in brutal street beating
wonder where the money came from?
That is a great question.
UPDATE:
"Cincinnati City Councilmember Victoria Parks was feeling the weight of all those views after posting a comment on Facebook saying the people who police were calling victims, begged for the beating they received."
'They begged for that beatdown': Cincinnati council member defends downtown fight comment