“They beg for that beating!” Councilwoman Victoria Parks posted on Facebook at 4:50 a.m. Sunday, July 27 in response to videos showing some of the fights. “I'm grateful for the whole story.”

“Opportunists are trying to use this incident as a way to split us racially and politically and abandon our big cities with false and negative attitudes,” Kearney said. “Every city is facing challenges, we face challenges. We have to stand together and work for justice because we know the strength and victory of the Cincinnati United.”