Cincinnati mayoral candidate, Vance’s brother, slams metropolis after viral beating

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CINCINNATI - A candidate for Cincinnati's mayorship slammed metropolis management Monday afternoon after a viral downtown beatdown that has reverberated throughout the nation.

"Individuals do not even see the sense in calling 911 anymore," mentioned Cory Bowman, who can also be Vice President JD Vance's half-brother along with being a candidate for metropolis mayor.

Bowman positioned second in a nonpartisan major race in Might. He'll sq. off with incumbent Mayor Aftab Pureval in November. His ideas on residents seeing no sense in calling 911 got here after Police Chief Teresa Theetge mentioned in a press convention that just one individual referred to as police whereas the assault was ongoing.

"That's unacceptable to not name the police," she mentioned throughout a Monday press convention. "Visitors was horrendous. Individuals noticed this. They have been preventing in entrance of site visitors. Why did not folks name us?"

Bowman mentioned that with police handcuffed by the present metropolis management, he isn't shocked by the occasions of early Saturday morning, which passed off on the nook of Fourth and Elm Road exterior a nightclub within the metropolis's downtown enterprise district.

A combat broke out on Friday evening in downtown Cincinnati, leaving a number of folks injured. (X/@Anthea06274890)

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"There's two facets of it," Bowman instructed Fox Information Digital. "One, it is a wake-up name. It is a wake-up name that we have got to have higher coverage. We have to have the ability to take speedy motion to make it possible for the residents and the companies in our communities are protected. The nation is principally seeing what us within the metropolis have already recognized to be true."

Even though the viral assault might stain his metropolis's fame, Bowman mentioned it is essential for the nation to see what's actually occurring in cities, and that what occurred in Cincinnati is a microcosm of what's occurring in city areas nationwide.

"Now, I believe that is essential for the nation to see it, as a result of the nation is seeing that a number of downtown areas in America are seeing failed insurance policies break their cities," he mentioned. "And also you're seeing riots, you are seen fights, you are seeing crime rise, you are seeing legal guidelines that are not enforced."

He instructed Fox Information Digital that crime within the metropolis not solely spikes in the course of the summer season months, however has elevated over time as an entire, which he claims the native authorities and media deny.

A combat broke out on Friday evening in downtown Cincinnati, leaving a number of folks injured. (X/@Anthea06274890)

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"Every time Might and June was rolling round, there was all these press conferences and all these statements from the media that was stating that crime is down, crime is down," he mentioned.

"Effectively, the truth of it's that anyone that lived downtown knew that due to snow and due to rain, that possibly some issues have been being extended, however as soon as the hotter months took place, the insurance policies … not implementing the legislation is definitely going to permit only a free-for-all within the metropolis," he continued.

Bowman mentioned law enforcement officials are voicing their considerations to him about not with the ability to do their jobs, and he famous that the Cincinnati Police Department (CPD) is understaffed to start with.

"After which what occurs is that these law enforcement officials do not see a degree in really reserving the criminals, as a result of there's really prosecutors within the metropolis which have a revolving door mentality that the criminals go in, after which they're launched on the streets," he mentioned.

"And so many of those officers do not even e-book folks as a result of they know they're simply gonna be again on the road subsequent week. So that they sit of their automobiles, they usually attempt to do the most effective they'll. They've a coronary heart for the town, however they're being hindered by the insurance policies which might be in place."

Cincinnati mayoral candidate Cory Bowman speaks at a marketing campaign occasion in March. (Cory Bowman by way of Fb)

Ken Kober is a 25-year veteran of the Cincinnati Police Division. He echoed Bowman's sentiments in regards to the police division's arms being tied, and instructed Fox Information Digital that the beating is one thing that "as a society, we can not settle for."

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"It is simply nothing greater than a savage assault on a few folks. I imply you see anyone that is fully defenseless, attempting to cowl their head of their face, they usually're simply being stomped on by a number of people," Kober mentioned.

Kober was upset that the positives of the weekend, the Cincinnati Reds profitable three dwelling video games and the storied Cincinnati Jazz Competition, have been overshadowed by the vicious viral video.

He, too, blamed native officers for rising crime.

"We have now an issue with judges that do not wanna maintain folks accountable, and after they know that there aren't gonna to be any penalties for his or her actions is when individuals are gonna exit and we're gonna see incidents like what occurred Saturday morning," he mentioned.

The nook of Fourth and Elm Road exterior of LoVe, an area nightclub, the place the beating passed off, as seen on July 28, 2025, in Cincinnati. (Peter D'Abrosca/Fox Information Digital)

"I hope that the courtroom system really holds these folks to the fullest extent of the legislation. It might be good to see headlines six or eight months from now saying that these folks have been convicted, they usually're now gonna get the utmost sentence for no matter crime they have been convicted of."

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On Monday afternoon, CPD mentioned it charged five people in reference to the incident. The names of the people weren't launched.

Cincinnati Chief of Police Teresa Theetge added that there have been over 100 witnesses to the assault, and a few even filmed it. Nevertheless, just one name was positioned to 911.