Video Of Violent Altercation In Cincinnati Goes Viral, Prompting Police Investigation

Police are investigating a convulsive altercation involving aggregate group that happened successful downtown Cincinnati connected Saturday nighttime aft video of nan brawl went viral connected societal media.

According to constabulary Chief Teresa Theetge, nan incident “was a abrupt conflict betwixt individuals pursuing a verbal altercation,” and was not connected to nan Cincinnati Music Festival that was happening astatine nan aforesaid time.

Theetge said she is “in complete disgust waking up to nan viral video” of nan incident circulating online.

“The behaviour displayed is thing short of sadistic and perfectly unacceptable,” she said successful a connection connected Sunday. “Our investigative squad is moving diligently to place each individual progressive successful causing harm.”

Police did not stock immoderate accusation astir nan altercation, what caused it, aliases really galore group were involved. They did not explain if location had been immoderate arrests arsenic of Monday afternoon.

Theetge is asking anyone pinch accusation connected nan incident to interaction police.

Videos circulating online show a chaotic segment involving astatine slightest a twelve people. In 1 video, a fewer men tin beryllium seen opinionated face-to-face, having what appears to beryllium a verbal altercation, earlier 1 man seems to deed different successful nan face. This seems to group disconnected a full-blown beingness altercation, wherever nan man who threw nan first deed is beaten by aggregate group successful nan mediate of a street. The unit includes kicks and stomps to his face.

Two different men who look to cognize nan man being beaten besides look to beryllium attacked by nan crowd. In different video, a female attempting to take sides him gets knocked unconscious by personification successful nan crowd. Blood could beryllium seen moving from her rima arsenic she laic connected nan ground.

It is not clear what happened earlier these videos were taken.

The incident has garnered overmuch attraction connected societal media complete nan weekend, peculiarly connected Elon Musk’s X, wherever galore high-profile rightwing accounts specified arsenic “LibsofTikTok” and “End Wokeness” framed nan conflict arsenic an battle by a Black “mob” connected a achromatic couple.

Musk himself published posts decrying nan conflict and calling for mainstream media attention. He did not mention title successful his post.

Prominent Republican politicians besides weighed in, pinch Vice President JD Vance answering a mobility Monday astir nan fight, saying he saw a “mob of lawless thugs beating up connected an guiltless person.”

Vance's half relative Cory Bowman is moving for politician of Cincinnati and will look nan incumbent, Aftab Pureval, successful a November election. precocious connected Tuesday to compete successful nan wide election.

Pureval said he was outraged by nan fight, calling it “horrifying to watch,” and “intolerable” successful immoderate portion of nan city. The politician said he is assured that arrests are “forthcoming.”

“That’s not who we are arsenic a city,” Pureval said successful a connection connected Monday. “Since nan conflict occurred, I person been successful accordant connection pinch Chief Theetge, and our constabulary person been moving astir nan timepiece to analyse and bring perpetrators of unit to justice.”

Pureval reiterated that nan altercation was not connected to nan Cincinnati Music Festival, Cincinnati Reds games, nan Big3 tournament, “or immoderate of nan ample events that took spot complete nan weekend.”