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'They Begged for that Beat Down!' Council Member Victoria Parks' Post Sparks Backlash

DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, OHIO, JUL 29 – Councilwoman Victoria Parks faces widespread calls to resign after saying the victims "begged for that beat down," amid arrests and an FBI investigation into the mob attack.

  • A mob of predominantly African-Americans attacked a white male at Fourth and Elm Street in Cincinnati, with his female partner knocked unconscious, early Saturday.
  • Witnesses say the scuffle started when a white man reached to slap a black man in a red T-shirt, surrounded by onlookers.
  • Despite the violence, only one emergency call was placed at 3:06am, even though footage shows at least 100 bystanders watching the attack without intervening.
  • Fox News reported the FBI has opened an investigation and arraigned 3 of the 5 suspects—Jermaine Matthews , Montianez Merriweather , and Dekyra Vernon —on Wednesday.
  • Major news outlets including CNN, ABC, CBS, The New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC, NPR and the Associated Press have not covered the attack, prompting blackout accusations, says BlazeTV host Sara Gonzales, `I didn't see this on any left-wing news media channel.
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The Blaze broke the news in United States on Tuesday, July 29, 2025.
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