{"id":2468285,"date":"2025-07-29T14:56:59","date_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:56:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-investigating-cincinnati-brawl-that-left-victims-bloodied\/"},"modified":"2025-07-29T14:58:20","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T18:58:20","slug":"fbi-investigating-cincinnati-brawl-that-left-victims-bloodied","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-investigating-cincinnati-brawl-that-left-victims-bloodied\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI investigating Cincinnati brawl that left victims bloodied"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffbi-investigating-cincinnati-brawl-that-left-victims-bloodied%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2468285&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The FBI has initiated a federal inquiry into a violent brawl that occurred over the weekend in downtown Cincinnati, leaving a man and a woman bloodied and unconscious. The inquiry was launched under the direction of Attorney General Pam Bondi.The incident,captured on video,shows a group violently assaulting the victims,including kicking and punching,with a woman who tried to intervene also being attacked. The fight took place near the Cincinnati Music Festival but was not directly related to the event.<\/p>\n<p>Cincinnati Police have charged five suspects, with more charges expected as investigations continue. Police Chief Teresa Theetge expressed strong condemnation of the violence and criticized bystanders for their lack of intervention and minimal emergency calls despite many filming the attack.The incident has drawn widespread political and public attention, with prominent Republican leaders, including Vice President JD Vance, demanding full prosecution of those involved.<\/p>\n<p>the footage also sparked discussions about potential federal civil rights violations, with DOJ Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights Harmeet Dhillon indicating that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/missouri-ag-slams-dojs-school-harassment-memo-an-attempt-to-muzzle-and-intimidate-parents\/\" title=\"Missouri AG Slams ...\u2019s School \u2018Harassment\u2019 Memo: An Attempt To \u2018Muzzle And Intimidate Parents\u2019\">hate crimes laws<\/a> may apply if race is a motivating factor. Local authorities and police unions have condemned both the attackers and the bystanders&#8217; inaction. The FBI and DOJ have not yet released further details but are continuing their investigation.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">FBI investigating Cincinnati brawl that left victims bloodied<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2164229\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>The&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/fbi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">FBI<\/a>&nbsp;on Monday opened a federal investigation into a brutal weekend assault in downtown Cincinnati that left a man and woman bloodied and unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>A Justice Department official confirmed to the&nbsp;<em>Washington Examiner<\/em>&nbsp;that the FBI launched its inquiry at the direction of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/pam-bondi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Attorney General Pam Bondi<\/a>. The DOJ&nbsp;official confirmed that the bureau has already begun interviewing suspects in connection with the &ldquo;upsetting footage of two people being beaten by a gang&rdquo; but declined to go into more details.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3484278\/group-behind-biden-autopen-inquiry-doj-stonewalling\/\">Group behind Biden autopen inquiry slams DOJ for &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; stonewalling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3484700\/doj-complaint-judge-boasberg-undermining-integrity-judiciary\/\">DOJ files complaint against Judge Boasberg for undermining &#8216;integrity&#8217; of judiciary<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3484100\/appeals-panel-skeptical-doj-bid-lift-court-immigration-raid-restrictions\/\">Appeals panel skeptical of DOJ&#8217;s bid to lift court&#8217;s immigration raid restrictions<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Attorney General Pam Bondi speaks at a news conference at the Drug Enforcement Administration on Tuesday, July 15, 2025, in Arlington, Virginia. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The investigation comes amid growing national attention on the attack, which was recorded on video and shows a group of people kicking, punching, and stomping a man on the ground, before a woman attempting to intervene is struck in the face and rendered unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>The violence occurred Saturday evening near the site of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Cincinnati Music Festival<\/a>, though police have said it was not directly connected to the event. The videos, some of which circulated widely on X, show a chaotic scene involving a dozen or more people in the city&rsquo;s downtown business district.<\/p>\n<p>One day later, Cincinnati&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Police Chief Teresa Theetge<\/a>&nbsp;said five individuals <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcpo.com\/news\/local-news\/hamilton-county\/cincinnati\/downtown\/chief-police-investigating-viral-video-showing-fight-following-a-verbal-altercation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">had been charged in the case<\/a>, though the records remain sealed and some suspects have not yet been located. She expects more charges to follow.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I&rsquo;m in complete disgust waking up to the viral video,&rdquo; Theetge said Sunday. &ldquo;The behavior displayed is nothing short of cruel and absolutely unacceptable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Theetge added that alcohol &ldquo;likely played a significant part&rdquo; in the dispute, which reportedly began with a verbal argument. Notably, only one 911 call was made during the incident, despite dozens of bystanders filming the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;For us to have 100 or so people down there, involved in or watching this event, recording with their cellphones, and for us to get only one phone call is unacceptable,&rdquo; she said.<\/p>\n<p>Prominent Republican leaders quickly condemned the attack, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/jd-vance\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Vice President JD Vance<\/a>, who addressed the brawl during a visit to Canton, Ohio.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I haven&rsquo;t seen the full context, but what I saw was a mob of lawless thugs beating up on an innocent person, and it&rsquo;s disgusting,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3483889\/jd-vance-street-fighters-demands-prosecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">Vance said<\/a>. &ldquo;And I hope every single one of those people who engaged in violence is prosecuted to the full extent of the law. And they will be &mdash; so long as law enforcement in the state of Ohio take their jobs seriously.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The vice president&rsquo;s half-brother, Cory Bowman, is running for mayor of Cincinnati as a Republican and is set to challenge incumbent Aftab Pureval, a Democrat,&nbsp;in November. Pureval released a statement Monday condemning the violence and vowing accountability.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s horrifying to watch,&rdquo; Pureval said. &ldquo;Since the fight occurred, I have been in consistent communication with Chief Theetge, and our police have been working around the clock to investigate and bring perpetrators of violence to justice. That&rsquo;s not who we are as a city.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Online, the footage triggered a fierce political response. Viral posts from right-leaning accounts such as Libs of TikTok and End Wokeness described the group of assailants as a black &ldquo;mob&rdquo; attacking a white couple.&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/elon-musk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Elon Musk<\/a>&nbsp;weighed in on X, sharing the video and calling for greater media attention.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/harmeet-dhillon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Harmeet Dhillon<\/a>, the assistant attorney general for civil rights at the DOJ, suggested a possible <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-accepts-derek-chauvins-plea-deal-in-civil-rights-case-will-sentence-him-to-20-25-years\/\" title=\"Judge Accepts Derek Chauvin\u2019s Plea Deal in Civil Rights ..., Will Sentence Him to 20-25 Years\">federal civil rights case<\/a> could be opened depending on what investigators uncover, saying in a post on X that &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >federal hate crimes laws apply<\/a> to ALL Americans.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Our federal hate crimes laws apply to ALL Americans. We <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CivilRights?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CivilRights<\/a> will monitor closely how local authorities handle this attack.<\/p>\n<p>Nobody in our great nation should be the victim of such a crime, and where race is a motivation, federal law may apply. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/QeADELQMsZ\">https:\/\/t.co\/QeADELQMsZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; AAGHarmeetDhillon (@AAGDhillon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AAGDhillon\/status\/1949592382501974459?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 27, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>    <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;We @CivilRights will monitor closely how local authorities handle this attack,&rdquo; she wrote. &ldquo;Nobody in our great nation should be the victim of such a crime, and where race is a motivation, federal law may apply.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Ken Kober, president of the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police, also condemned the attackers and the inaction of onlookers.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3483889\/jd-vance-street-fighters-demands-prosecution\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">JD VANCE DEMANDS VIRAL STREET FIGHTERS BE &lsquo;PROSECUTED&rsquo;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;The violence this video shows downtown is disgusting,&rdquo; Kober <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wlwt.com\/article\/cpd-investigating-violent-downtown-assault-captured-on-video\/65517418\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">told<\/a> local news outlet WLWT. He also said he had &ldquo;full faith&rdquo; in the Central Business Section Investigators, noting that after the arrests, &ldquo;It will then be the responsibility of the court system to hold these violent thugs accountable.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>FBI Director Kash Patel has not released a statement, and a spokesperson did not respond to a request for comment, though sources within the DOJ have indicated more information about the investigation is forthcoming.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_2164229\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"2164229\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FBI probes brutal Cincinnati brawl leaving victims injured<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2633,"featured_media":2468286,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25020768905184.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[11581,17881,50645,3976,4931],"class_list":["post-2468285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-brawl","tag-cincinnati","tag-fbi-2","tag-investigation","tag-victims"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AP25020768905184.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468285","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2633"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2468285"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468285\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2468289,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2468285\/revisions\/2468289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2468286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2468285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2468285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2468285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}