Cincinnati residents express anger at leaders after fighting on Virus Street

Cincinnati, Ohio – Southwest Ohio Residents expressed anger at local leaders after a virus-street battle in their backyard caught American attention. One resident, a local political activist, told Fox News that digital “Democrats” are partly responsible.

The violence on Saturday night in downtown Cincinnati on July 26 left a woman unconscious in the hands of a male attacker, the result of a city without “preparation” due to political ideology, Price Hill Halle told Fox News Numbers. He added that the response to the fight was “not a leader.”

“The leadership comes out and says, ‘Hey, we have a problem. This is my solution to the problem.’ “But instead, they want to be timid and cover up the fact that the crime is actually happening. ”

The mayor of Cincinnati and other local officials have faced intense criticism in recent days for not taking crime seriously. An elected Democrat, congresswoman Victoria Park, Posted on social media The victims of the fight “begged for that assault.”

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“It’s their Democratic monopoly here,” Entrepreneur and former Hamilton County Commissioner candidate Koehler told Fox News Digital. “So, I mean, they can do almost anything they want to do. A lot of this rhetoric is justified, right? You know, the injustice of the past, and now I know I can say everything I want to say.

Holly, the woman cruelly knocked down and bruised in the attack, Tell Fox News This week, she has not received a call from the mayor or senior official: “Just apologize for what happened and have these thugs and criminals run in prison from the beginning.”

Koehler told Fox News Digital that Democrats “have an agenda” and “want to look at certain ways in some way” and “ignore this issue.”

“A lot of these ideologies come out of college, right?” Kohler said. “Every generation thinks they came up with something about crime, they’re gentle people, they want to do something, but, you know, like Giuliani did in New York, these things are working.”

Cincinnati Police Chief said that only one person called 911 in the violent attacks viewed and recorded by 100 people

(LR) Jermaine Matthews, Dominique Kittle, Dekyra Vernon, Montianez Merriweather and Patrick Rosemond face various charges on July 26, 2025 in a viral defeat in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office; Fulton County Sheriff’s Office; Jay Black)

Koehler, who speaks with Fox News Digital outside Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy Even the town hallt In Cincinnati’s Western Side, figures like Ramaswamy, Senator Bernie Moreno and Ohio local vice president JD Vance expressed optimism about the rationale for a crime downtown Pike.

“Those guys have power,” Kohler said. “I mean, you start throwing the Justice Department here and start investigating some of the things that are going on, why aren’t there more police?”

Koehler added: “I mean, whenever you have a one-party monopoly in any city, there is a lot of pain. Obviously, you’re going to be corrupt. It’s just fading here, and that’s the biggest requirement in everything you see.”

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Senator Bernie Moreno spoke at a press conference for Holly of the viral brawl in Cincinnati on July 26, speaking at the fraternity order at the Ohio Police Headquarters on Wednesday, August 6, 2025. (Julia Bonavita/Fox News Numbers)

Moreno Say this week He is introducing the “Holly’s Act,” a move designed to end what he calls the revolving door of the justice system.

“To be honest, because a lot of times you all use it as a fight,” Moreno told reporters. “It’s a murder of an innocent woman. The man’s rap list is a mile long.

Julia Bonavita and Peter D’Abrosca of Fox News Digital contributed to the report.