A man charged over a July 26 mob attack in Cincinnati now faces up to 15 years in prison after being hit by the feds with a gun charge. 
The Justice Department <a href="https://www.justice.gov/usao-sdoh/pr/cincinnati-man-allegedly-involved-downtown-brawl-charged-federal-gun-crime">announced</a> Wednesday that 34-year-old Montanez Merriweather had been indicted for illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon. Merriweather had previously been arrested over the beating of a man and a woman that was caught in a viral video. 
“There is no place for violence in our communities,” said U.S. Attorney Dominick Gerace II. “Those who commit violent acts can expect to be scrutinized and they will be held accountable for violations of federal criminal law.”
Merriweather faces local assault, felonious assault, and aggravated riot charges. He faces almost 30 years in prison on those charges. 
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“Violence, in any form and under any circumstance, has no place in a civilized society. When warranted, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, in close coordination with our law enforcement partners, will employ the full extent of our legal authority and resources to identify, apprehend, and remove violent offenders from our communities,” said ATF special agent Thomas Greco. 
Video of the attack shows a white man being thrown to the ground and kicked and punched by a group of black people outside of a music festival. After the beaten man got up, a white woman was punched in the face and appeared to be knocked unconscious. The video quickly circulated online, prompting condemnations from state and national leaders.
In response, the FBI launched an investigation into the incident at Attorney General Pam Bondi’s direction. That came after Vice President JD Vance <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vance-calls-for-man-caught-in-viral-video-punching-woman-to-be-jailed-for-a-very-long-time">condemned</a> the attack and urged the perpetrators to be thrown in prison. 
“What I saw, and I haven’t seen the full context, but what I saw is a mob of lawless thugs beating up on an innocent person, and it’s disgusting,” Vance said. “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. They will be so long as law enforcement in the state of Ohio takes their job seriously.”
Some local Cincinnati officials have accused the victims of instigating the beating. For example, City Council President Pro Tem Victoria Parks wrote a Facebook comment <a href="https://www.wlwt.com/article/cincinnati-downtown-fight-video-victoria-parks-ohio/65557368">saying</a> the victims “begged for that beat down! I am grateful for the whole story.”

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Ken Kober, the president of the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police (FOP), slammed elected city leaders over allegations many have made against the victims of a mob attack on July 26.
After several people were beaten by a mob of largely black people in Cincinnati, city officials, including the vice mayor of the city, have accused the victims of the attack of instigating the violence.
“I speak to our investigators probably every 12 hours, and there has been absolutely zero evidence so far that has suggested that these victims caused this,” Kober told The Daily Wire on Friday. “I mean, they&#8217;ve looked at video evidence, they&#8217;ve done interviews, and nothing suggests that these victims were the ones that started this mob attack.”
After videos of the mob attack began circulating online, Cincinnati city council President Pro Tem Victoria Parks wrote a Facebook comment <a href="https://www.wlwt.com/article/cincinnati-downtown-fight-video-victoria-parks-ohio/65557368">saying</a> the victims “begged for that beat down! I am grateful for the whole story.”
While Parks, who has said she is not running for reelection, received condemnation for the statement, some officials appeared to agree at least partly with Parks that the victims may have instigated the beating.
“Let us be clear. We do not condone violence. We condemn the violent actions of the instigator(s) of the fight as well as the violent actions of those who responded to the provocation,” Vice Mayor Jan Michele Kearney said in a statement. “Opportunists are trying to use this incident as a way to divide us – racially and politically – and cast our great City in a false and negative light. Every city has challenges, and we confront our challenges head on.”
Kober attributed the public attacks on the victims to election-year pandering.
“I think a lot of it is pandering to their constituents, and they do it in the face of what the investigation says. These investigators have met with city officials, explained to them, ‘Here&#8217;s the evidence that we have.’ And they just snub their nose at that,” Kober said. “Quite honestly, it&#8217;s pretty disgusting.”
While some city officials have taken to blaming the “instigators” for the mob attack, the city has suffered in recent years under worsening crime rates while the city’s police force has operated understaffed by roughly 20%. GOP Sen. Bernie Moreno of Ohio ripped into Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval last week over the mayor’s response to the attack while ignoring the systemic issues plaguing the city.
“No apology, no atonement, no atonement for the fact that under the mayor&#8217;s leadership, we&#8217;re down anywhere between 110 to 300 police officers. There&#8217;s no atonement for the fact that when police do arrest criminals, the judges and prosecutors basically give them a slap on the wrist and send them on their way,” Moreno said on <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/fourth-arrest-announced-investigation-violent-cincinnati-brawl-continues">Fox News</a>. “The police are doing the best they can in Cincinnati. They&#8217;re the heroes every day. But nice words don&#8217;t mean anything unless you have actual actions. This is way too little response.”
Progressive judges in the city have allowed criminals to walk free on small bonds in recent years, according to Kober. One of the men <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/crime/2025/07/29/prosecutor-2-arrested-in-downtown-cincinnati-fight/85431629007/">arrested</a> in connection with the Cincinnati mob attack had been out of custody for just weeks after posting $400 for bond in a case in which he was arrested on felony weapons and stolen property charges.
“These judges, some of them, and it&#8217;s probably half, are horrible,” Kober said.
Despite the comments from city officials, Kober heaped praise on the officers investigating the mob attack.
“Despite what council members are saying, despite what the mayor is or is not saying, despite what the [police] chief&#8217;s saying, [the police investigators] have done an absolutely phenomenal job, and it&#8217;s a testament to the men and women that work in this police department, because without the boots on the ground and those guys doing the work that they do and the girls that do the work that they do, this place would be a disaster,” Kober said.

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‘It’s Pretty Disgusting’: Cincinnati Police Union Head Bashes ‘Victim Shaming’ After Mob Attack

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A woman beaten by a mob in Cincinnati last week released photos Wednesday showing deep bruising and swelling to her face and chest.
The woman, who goes by the name Holly, gave approval for Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) to release photos of her injuries “so that others will never have to suffer what she did.”
“Cincinnati is an amazing and spectacular City. It deserves political leadership that matches the greatness of its citizens,” Moreno said in a post with the photos. “[Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval] issues a late/weak statement, Police Chief blames social media (not the lack of almost 200 officers), Prosecutor [Connie Pillich] lets off lowlifes with $400 bail, [Rep. Greg Landsman] silent &amp; posting about Ukraine, City Council member blames the victim.”
The city council member Moreno referenced is Councilwoman Victoria Parks, who <a href="https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2025/07/30/victoria-parks-comments-on-video-of-brawl-gets-slammed-online/85442133007/">posted</a> on Facebook, “They begged for that beat down! I am grateful for the whole story.” Parks posted the comment in response to one of the videos that captures portions of the attack. 
“This is Holly. She wanted to have a nice evening out with friends. Instead, she got this. Holly gave me permission to release the photos so that others will never suffer what she did. We need and deserve change,” Moreno said.
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Holly was one of several people <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alarming-video-catches-man-pummeled-woman-cold-cocked-by-cincinnati-street-mob?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=7&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Alarming+Video+Catches+Man+Pummeled%2C+Woman+Cold-Cocked+By+Cincinnati+Street+Mob">beaten</a> late at night on Friday or early Saturday. The footage of Holly’s attack went viral online on Sunday. The roughly two-and-a-half-minute video shows a man being set upon by a mob of black people.
The man was thrashed and, after being helped to his feet, was escorted away. Holly can be seen stepping in front of a black man who appears to be yelling at the first victim. Holly is then mobbed from several angles. After being hit several times, another black man steps up, punches her in the face, and knocks her unconscious.
Throughout the attack, no police officers are visible in the video. Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge on Monday defended the police response while <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/unacceptable-cincinnati-police-chief-says-only-one-person-called-911-during-brutal-mob-attack?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=4&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=%E2%80%98Unacceptable%E2%80%99%3A+Cincinnati+Police+Chief+Says+Only+One+Person+Called+911+During+Brutal+Mob+Attack">blaming</a> downtown bars, bystanders, and journalists for making the situation worse.
“For us to have 100 or so people down there, involved in, and/or watching this event, recording with their cell phones, and for us to get only one phone call of this incident is unacceptable in this city,” Theetge said during a press conference. “One person did the right thing and called 911.”

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Holly, Victim Of Cincinnati Mob Beating, Releases Photos Of Gruesome Aftermath

Holly, Woman Beaten By Cincinnati Mob, Releases Photos Of Gruesome Aftermath

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The Chilling Backstory Behind The Anti-White Mob Attack In Cincinnati

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Just one person contacted emergency responders as dozens of onlookers witnessed a mob of mostly black men pummel a man and a woman in downtown Cincinnati last week, according to law enforcement.
Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge <a href="https://x.com/RedWave_Press/status/1949953814234050770">proclaimed</a> her disappointment on Monday after roughly 100 people who stood by and either filmed, jeered, or did nothing to aid the outnumbered victims during the brawl. Video of the street brawl went viral online over the weekend. It is unclear what race or ethnicity the two victims are from the footage.
“For us to have 100 or so people down there, involved in, and/or watching this event, recording with their cell phones, and for us to get only one phone call of this incident is unacceptable in this city,” Theetge said during a press conference. “One person did the right thing and called 911.”
The police chief said that five people have been charged in connection with the brawl, with more arrests expected.
“Anyone who put their hands on another individual during this incident in an attempt to cause harm will face consequences. I don&#8217;t care which side of the incident or the fight they were on. If they placed their hands on somebody in an attempt to cause harm, that is unacceptable,” said Theetge.
Investigators are looking into the role alcohol might have played in the incident, and whether some of the people involved had been overserved at bars or restaurants, according to the police chief.
“It is clear to us that alcohol played a part, a significant part, in this incident,” she said.
The brawl took place late Friday night or early Saturday morning, according to Theetge. Videos of the incident began to rocket around the internet on Sunday. One of the most shared shows a man and woman mobbed by what appears to be mostly black attackers.
The man is <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alarming-video-catches-man-pummeled-woman-cold-cocked-by-cincinnati-street-mob?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=News&amp;elementPosition=2&amp;row=0&amp;rowType=Vertical+List&amp;title=Alarming+Video+Catches+Man+Pummeled%2C+Woman+Cold-Cocked+By+Cincinnati+Street+Mob">thrown</a> to the ground and pounded for nearly a minute before he is picked up, bloodied and unsteady, only to fall back to the ground shortly after. After he is picked up again and helped away, a woman appears to try to shield him from further harm when a black man punches her in the face, knocking her unconscious.
Republican Vivek Ramaswamy, who is running to be the next governor of Ohio, posted on X Monday that he had spoken with the female victim, who he said is named Holly.
“It’s unconscionable that there were no police present in that area of Cincinnati on a Friday night, or even an ambulance to take her to the hospital. Hard-working Americans shouldn’t have to worry for their safety when they have a good time in our cities. Holly said not a single local or state official had yet reached out as of earlier this afternoon, other than one police detective,” Ramaswamy <a href="https://x.com/VivekGRamaswamy/status/1949940829516103758">wrote</a>.
“Leftists like to lecture about ‘systemic injustice’ while thugs turn our turn cities into war zones. I’m done with their excuses. As governor, I’ll make sure they’re behind bars, not running wild,” he added.

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‘Unacceptable’: Cincinnati Police Chief Says Only One Person Called 911 During Brutal Mob Attack

'Unacceptable': Cincinnati Police Chief Says Only One Person Called 911 During Brutal Mob Attack

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WASHINGTON—The FBI is investigating the Saturday night beating of a man and woman in Cincinnati, The Daily Wire has learned.
The FBI launched an investigation into the matter at Attorney General Pam Bondi&#8217;s direction, a Justice Department official shared with The Daily Wire on Monday evening. The official also said the bureau is already conducting interviews with suspects.
The news comes after Vice President JD Vance and other members of President Donald Trump&#8217;s administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/vance-calls-for-man-caught-in-viral-video-punching-woman-to-be-jailed-for-a-very-long-time">condemned the incident</a>, which took place Saturday night at the Cincinnati Music Festival.
<a href="https://x.com/still_hustling/status/1949142756196065519">Footage showed</a> a violent mob throwing a man to the ground and kicking and punching him, then punching a woman in the face and apparently knocking her unconscious. The video quickly went viral online, and the city’s police chief vowed to identify and find the culprits responsible for the “cruel and absolutely unacceptable” behavior.
<div id="attachment_953485" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/fbi-investigating-brutal-cincinnati-mob-beating-interviewing-suspects/vice-president-jd-vance-speaks-on-passage-of-president-trumps-one-big-beautiful-bill-2" rel="attachment wp-att-953485"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-953485" class="wp-image-953485 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2226783517-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2226783517-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2226783517-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2226783517-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2025/07/GettyImages-2226783517.jpg 1024w" sizes="auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /></a>Vice President JD Vance in Canton, Ohio. (Photo by Maddie McGarvey-Pool/Getty Images)</div>
“What I saw, and I haven’t seen the full context, but what I saw a mob of lawless thugs beating up on an innocent person and it’s disgusting,” Vance <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1949850196143174059" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said of the incident</a>. “And I hope every single one of those people who engaged in violence is prosecuted to the full extent of the law.&#8221;
&#8220;And they will be,&#8221; he added. &#8220;They will be so long as law enforcement in the state of Ohio take their jobs seriously.”
Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police President Ken Kober also condemned the violence, including the people who watched the mob beat the two individuals without attempting to help.
“The violence this video shows downtown is disgusting,” Kober told the local news outlet <a href="https://www.fox19.com/2025/07/27/ll-cool-j-brings-surprise-guest-stage-during-final-night-cincinnati-music-festival/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WLWT</a>. “What’s equally disgusting is those who chose to watch and record instead of calling 911, attempting to defuse the situation or render aid.&#8221;
&#8220;I have full faith in the Central Business Section Investigators — they will make arrests in the near future,&#8221; he added. &#8220;It will then be the responsibility of the court system to hold these violent thugs accountable.”

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FBI Investigating Brutal Cincinnati Mob Beating, Interviewing Suspects

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Vice President JD Vance called Monday for the man caught in a viral video punching a woman in Cincinnati, Ohio, over the weekend to go to jail “for a very long time.”
Vance was referring to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/alarming-video-catches-man-pummeled-woman-cold-cocked-by-cincinnati-street-mob?author=Tim+Pearce&amp;category=undefined&amp;elementPosition=11&amp;row=3&amp;rowHeadline=Latest+News&amp;rowType=Vertical+Carousel&amp;title=Alarming+Video+Catches+Man+Pummeled%2C+Woman+Cold-Cocked+By+Cincinnati+Street+Mob">an incident</a> on the streets of Cincinnati on Saturday night when a man was thrown to the ground and kicked and punched by a mob outside of a music festival. After the beaten man got up, a woman was punched in the face and appeared to be knocked unconscious. Video of the attack quickly circulated online, prompting condemnations from local leaders.
“What I saw, and I haven’t seen the full context, but what I saw a mob of lawless thugs beating up on an innocent person and it&#8217;s disgusting,” Vance <a href="https://x.com/RapidResponse47/status/1949850196143174059">said</a>. “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. They will be so long as law enforcement in the state of Ohio take their job seriously.”
The vice president made the comments during a visit to Canton, Ohio, to tout the passage of the Big, Beautiful Bill.
“I don’t know the full context, I don’t know how the fight started,” Vance added. “But the one part that I saw that was really gruesome is you had a grown man who sucker punched a middle-aged woman. Where I come from at least, when you have a grown man who sucker punches a middle-age woman that person ought to go to jail for a very long time — and frankly, he&#8217;s lucky there weren&#8217;t some better people around because they would&#8217;ve handled it themselves. But if they&#8217;re not going to handle it, the cops in Cincinnati, the law enforcement, you’ve got to prosecute people.”
Vance also said that local leaders had allowed “too much lawlessness” on the streets of American cities, saying people were afraid to go downtown in cities like Akron, Canton, and Columbus.
“If you want to take your wife or your children out for a meal, you shouldn’t be worried about street violence,” Vance said. &#8220;The only way to destroy that street violence is to take the thugs who engaged in that violence and throw their asses in prison.&#8221;
Authorities have promised to identify the attackers seen in the videos and bring charges. Law enforcement have not announced the identifies of any of the attackers.
“I am in complete disgust waking up to the viral video many of you have now seen. The behavior displayed is nothing short of cruel and absolutely unacceptable. Our investigative team is working diligently to identify every individual involved in causing harm. It’s also important to clarify: this was a sudden dispute between individuals following a verbal altercation. It was not connected in any way to the Music Fest,” Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said on Sunday.

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Vance Calls For Man Caught In Viral Video Punching Woman To Be Jailed For ‘A Very Long Time’

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A violent street mob attacked a man and woman in Cincinnati on Saturday night.
The alarming incident was caught on video, and the footage went viral online. The city’s police chief has vowed to identify and find the culprits responsible for the “cruel and absolutely unacceptable” behavior.
The brawl took place on the final night of the city’s annual Cincinnati Music Festival.
“I am in complete disgust waking up to the viral video many of you have now seen. The behavior displayed is nothing short of cruel and absolutely unacceptable. Our investigative team is working diligently to identify every individual involved in causing harm. It’s also important to clarify: this was a sudden dispute between individuals following a verbal altercation. It was not connected in any way to the Music Fest,” Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said in a statement, according to <a href="https://local12.com/news/local/cincinnati-police-investigate-violent-brawl-fourth-street-captured-viral-video-downtown-knocked-ground-punched-white-man-attacked-social-media">WKRC</a>.
The video begins with a man being punched and then thrown to the ground by two others. The man is then quickly surrounded by a mob that continues to stomp, kick, punch, and jeer for nearly a full minute. The man on the ground alternates between attempting to grab at the feet of those surrounding him and covering his head.
Eventually, the beating subsides and the man is helped to his feet. He is unsteady, however, and quickly falls back to the ground. He appears dazed and bloodied as he is helped to his feet again and walks away with assistance.
As the man is being helped away, another altercation breaks out. A woman who appears to be trying to protect the man from further harm is set upon by several others. The second altercation ends with a man punching the woman in the head. She falls to the ground and appears to be unconscious for several moments. The video ends as several people help her to sit up.
The video can be seen <a href="https://x.com/still_hustling/status/1949142756196065519">here</a>.
Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police President Ken Kober condemned the violence, as well as the people who stood by and chose to video or jeer without attempting to call police. No police officers appear to be visible throughout the nearly two-and-half minute video.
“The violence this video shows downtown is disgusting,” Kober told <a href="https://www.fox19.com/2025/07/27/ll-cool-j-brings-surprise-guest-stage-during-final-night-cincinnati-music-festival/">WLWT</a>. “What’s equally disgusting is those who chose to watch and record instead of calling 911, attempting to defuse the situation or render aid. I have full faith in the Central Business Section Investigators they will make arrests in the near future. It will then be the responsibility of the court system to hold these violent thugs accountable.”

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Alarming Video Catches Man Pummeled, Woman Cold-Cocked By Cincinnati Street Mob

Around 10:00 a.m. on Friday, a man named Rodney Hinton went to his lawyer&#8217;s office in Ohio and watched body camera footage of his son&#8217;s death. In particular, the footage shows Hinton&#8217;s 18-year-old son, Ryan, emerging from a stolen vehicle while carrying a handgun. At one point, Ryan drops the gun, then picks it up. Soon afterwards, he&#8217;s shot and killed by a police officer. None of these facts are in dispute. The video makes it all very clear. Watch:
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The reason the Hinton family was watching this footage in an attorney&#8217;s office is that, of course, they were contemplating a lawsuit against the city for wrongful death. That was certainly what their attorney was thinking about. In fact, even after viewing this footage, the family&#8217;s lawyer — who incidentally works for &#8220;The Cochran Firm,&#8221; as in the late Johnny Cochran&#8217;s firm — maintained that they had a case.
Here&#8217;s what the <a href="https://local12.com/news/local/family-members-of-18-year-old-killed-by-cincinnati-officer-to-speak-out-ryan-rodney-hinton-larry-henderson-traffic-detail-deputy-mother-grandmother-police-stolen-car-arrest-murder">family&#8217;s lawyer said</a>, as a way of arguing that the police officers were somehow responsible in this scenario:
<blockquote>Being in a stolen car, having a firearm, firearms—we&#8217;re in Ohio, you know, so you can open carry in Ohio, so that&#8217;s not a death penalty.</blockquote>
Admittedly, it&#8217;s not quite as catchy as &#8220;If the glove doesn&#8217;t fit, you must acquit&#8221; but it&#8217;s still a pretty remarkable line of argument from the Cochran Firm, all things considered. After watching the footage of Ryan Hinton exiting a stolen car with a handgun, then dropping the handgun and picking it up as police chased him, and then turning towards the officers, the conclusion from these lawyers is that Ryan Hinton was murdered simply for open-carrying a firearm. He got the &#8220;death penalty&#8221; for doing nothing wrong whatsoever. Even though his gun wasn&#8217;t holstered, and even though he was waving it around while committing a felony, and even though all of this is recorded, we&#8217;re supposed to conclude that Ryan Hinton was &#8220;open-carrying.&#8221;
This is a level of shamelessness that, in another era, would lead to a flurry of lawyer jokes on late-night television. But it&#8217;s not a joke to millions of people at the moment. It certainly wasn&#8217;t a joke to Rodney Hinton, the father of the teenager who was killed. Just hours after he viewed the body camera footage of his son&#8217;s death, Rodney Hinton got in his car with the intent of executing a police officer. He saw it as an act of revenge. And ultimately, he found a target: He ran over a recently retired sheriff&#8217;s deputy who was directing traffic outside the commencement ceremony at the University of Cincinnati. The slain officer, a Hamilton County deputy named Larry Henderson, had never met his killer before. They never exchanged words. Watch:
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Rodney Hinton knew that police were justified in killing his son because he had just watched the body-camera footage. He knew that the police did nothing wrong. If the father wanted revenge on anyone for causing his son&#8217;s death, he should have taken revenge on himself. If your 18-year-old son is out with a gun stealing cars, it means you failed as a father. Even a minimal amount of fatherly guidance would have been enough to avoid this situation.
But instead of taking revenge on himself, Rodney Hinton decided to kill a police officer who was directing traffic. This should be an open and shut case, in every sense. The father is a murderer. His &#8220;revenge&#8221; obviously cannot be defended legally. Any hope of defending it morally is destroyed by the fact that, for one thing, the shooting of Ryan Hinton was justified. And secondly, the cop he killed had nothing to do with it anyway. This is not a Gary Plauche situation, where a father ambushed and killed the man who kidnapped and molested his son. This is an act of premeditated, cold-blooded murder against a random white cop.
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And yet — stop me if you&#8217;ve heard this one before — this murderer is being lionized and defended on social media. The father who just executed a sheriff&#8217;s deputy, in order to avenge his criminal son who flashed a gun at the cops, is the latest celebrity in certain corners of social media. The viral clips defending this murderer are all over TikTok. Here&#8217;s just one example:
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He gets the age of the so-called &#8220;kid&#8221; wrong, as he&#8217;s showing the sympathetic photos in the background. Ryan Hinton was 18, not 16, when he jumped out of the stolen car with a firearm. But the bigger issue with this video is the claim that the father &#8220;took justice into his own hands&#8221; by murdering a random police officer. Notice how there&#8217;s no pretext here, about how the officers did something wrong, or violated procedure, or any of that. There&#8217;s no explanation of how it&#8217;s &#8220;justice&#8221; to kill a random traffic cop — or to &#8220;un-alive&#8221; a traffic cop, as this guy puts it. It&#8217;s just assumed that killing a random white police officer is an appropriate response to the death of a black criminal. And millions of people find this reasoning persuasive at the moment. That&#8217;s the situation we&#8217;re now in.
For the past half-century or so, every aspect of American civic life has been devoted, at least superficially, to preventing a situation like this. If you spend trillions of dollars enacting a regime that rigidly enforces the seemingly laudable goal of &#8220;racial equality,&#8221; then surely, eventually, you&#8217;ll arrive at a point where all men are judged based solely on the content of their character. That is the grand experiment we&#8217;ve all been participating in for our entire lives. And with each passing day, it is becoming more and more clear that this experiment is crashing down all around us. We are heading, very directly, towards open and overt racial conflict.
To that end, here&#8217;s another similar video, which has more than 20,000 likes on TikTok. We&#8217;ll mute the audio because it&#8217;s obnoxious rap music. But here&#8217;s what it looks like:
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It shows Rodney Hinton in court, in a jumpsuit, surrounded by a bunch of police officers. And there&#8217;s the caption that the uploader has added: &#8220;They really try to use over 30 deputies to intimidate Rodney Hinton but he kept his head up.&#8221;
Again, this post has more than 20,000 likes. This is not some random troll that didn&#8217;t get any attention. It&#8217;s one of the most popular posts about Rodney Hinton&#8217;s arrest. And people are responding to it because they genuinely believe that Hinton is a hero. There&#8217;s no rational argument that he&#8217;s innocent, or that he was justified, or that his son was innocent. This is pure racial resentment, spilling right out into the open.
Another post, with roughly 70,000 likes on TikTok, describes Rodney Hinton as a &#8220;mourning father,&#8221; complete with somber music. We&#8217;ll play part of that:
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Look around any social media platform, and you&#8217;ll find plenty of posts like this. 
It&#8217;s not just TikTok. On X, <a href="https://x.com/Blackcapitalis/status/1919132779767386157">here&#8217;s a post</a> with roughly 700 likes:
<blockquote>Rodney Hinton had no criminal record before he killed an Ohio  cop in retaliation for the cops killing his son . The police department brought 30 cops to his hearing to intimidate him.</blockquote>
So apparently, you get to kill a cop if you have no prior criminal record. And the police aren&#8217;t allowed to guard you, either, even after you&#8217;ve just murdered someone.
Then there&#8217;s <a href="https://x.com/Duatronica/status/1919205862096142651">this post</a>, with more than a thousand likes:
<blockquote>All I’m saying is this. If a cop killed my son…I’m airing out the precinct. Rodney Hinton Jr. is a saint and a hero.</blockquote>
Yesterday we discussed the story of Shiloh Hendrix, the woman who has now raised hundreds of thousands of dollars after using a racial slur at a playground. What&#8217;s happening now with Rodney Hinton is yet another example of why Shiloh Hendrix has raised all of that money. If you&#8217;re saying that &#8220;justice&#8221; is somehow served by the execution of a random white police officer, in the name of defending a thug who stole a car and flashed a gun — and many people are saying this — then you don&#8217;t get to clutch your pearls because of Shiloh Hendrix. The standards are so wildly out of whack that it’s just not sustainable. “It’s okay if we kill people but not okay if you use naughty language” is not just a double standard. It’s flat out madness — a kind of moral schizophrenia.
It&#8217;s an unsustainable approach. And with every day, it becomes more and more apparent that we simply can&#8217;t continue on this trajectory. People are tired of it.  If large numbers of black people are openly defending and cheering for actual murderers who kill white people in cold blood, then you cannot tell white people that they have to make a big show of condemning a woman who says a bad word. That&#8217;s especially true as more and more white people are executed, without any media attention whatsoever.
For example, you probably haven&#8217;t heard the story of a 22-year-old woman named Logan Federico in South Carolina. Here she is, on the left:
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According to the authorities, Logan Federico was, &#8220;randomly murdered by a career criminal&#8221; who was &#8220;on a spree of thefts, break-ins and credit card fraud.&#8221; That career criminal, 30-year-old Alexander Dickey, allegedly &#8220;broke into a neighboring home around 3:00 a.m. and stole a firearm, credit and debit cards, and keys to a vehicle. &#8230; [He] then allegedly entered the house where Federico was staying, entered her room, and shot her, before fleeing the scene in a stolen vehicle.&#8221;
Somehow that story didn&#8217;t get much national attention.
Neither did this one, involving the execution of Tara and Taylor Jones in front of their home in the affluent neighborhood of Wellington Florida last year:
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Surveillance footage shows that Tara and Taylor Jones were shot to death by a 63-year-old mechanic named Norman Scott, without any provocation of any kind. Again, there was no outrage. There was no public show of support for these victims.
Instead, we&#8217;re now at the point where three cold-blooded killers in the span of a few months have found large cheering sections on social media, including Rodney Hinton, Karmelo Anthony and Luigi Mangione. In fact, one of these viral TikTok videos supporting Rodney Hinton — with more than 20,000 likes — actually brings up Luigi Mangione in this context. Watch:
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There&#8217;s one useful aspect of this TikTok video, which is that it makes the point that this situation isn’t all about race. Luigi Mangione was obviously white, and plenty of people justified his actions too. In fact, as you probably recall, some people who call themselves &#8220;conservatives&#8221; also justified Luigi Mangione&#8217;s actions. And that tells us that we&#8217;re witnessing a general breakdown of law and order, on top of the racial violence. Decades of justifying and excusing criminality have led us to a point where people who commit blatant first-degree murder are celebrated, at least if they&#8217;re viewed as allies of the political Left. Again: we&#8217;ve now had three of these cases in five months.
As you continue to hear the high-pitched outrage over Shiloh Hendrix, keep in mind that nothing she did, in any universe, could ever end your life or the life of anyone you care about. The people cheering the execution of an innocent police officer or a CEO or a white high school student at a track meet, on the other hand, are actually dangerous. They&#8217;re the ones you should be hearing about, nonstop. They&#8217;re the actual threat to you and your family. They&#8217;re the ones who are trying to bring about a complete breakdown in law and order. They’re the ones who want racial conflict. And as the execution of this police officer in Cincinnati once again demonstrates, even if they can&#8217;t destroy someone like Shiloh Hendrix, they will still do everything in their power to destroy you.

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The Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) filed a civil rights complaint on Wednesday against Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center over several scholarship programs the legal firm says illegally discriminate based on race and sex. 
The <a href="https://will-law.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/HHS-OCR-Complaint-Cincinnati-Childrens-Race-Sex-Discrimination-12-17-2024-FINAL-with-Encl.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">complaint</a>, filed with the Office of Civil Rights for the Department of Health and Human Services, took aim at four specific programs offered by the hospital to “underrepresented groups.” WILL said the programs violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibits federal dollars from going toward racially discriminatory programs, and asked federal officials to launch an investigation. 
“Despite a national shortage of healthcare workers, some major healthcare systems in America still want to use taxpayer funds to discriminate on the basis of race and sex against otherwise eligible candidates,” WILL lawyer Cara Tolliver told The Daily Wire. “This is not just illegal, it’s nonsensical. The healthcare system cannot care for patients effectively, safely and efficiently, when medical education and training programs prioritize irrelevant identity politics over individual merit and essential qualities.”
The programs in question are the William K. Schubert Minority Nursing Scholarship, the Jean Turner Minority Scholarship for Medical Imaging Technology, the Biomedical Research Internship for Minority Students (BRIMS), and the Administrative Fellowship Program. 
According to the hospital, the <a href="https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/careers/diverse-workforce/schubert" target="_blank" rel="noopener">goal</a> of the William K. Schubert Minority Nursing Scholarship, which provides $2,750 in tuition aid to pediatric nursing students, is to “increase the diversity of registered nurses.” Applicants must be from an “underrepresented group,” which excludes white women. 
The Ohio hospital defines those underrepresented as “male nurses/nursing students and nurses/nursing students who are American Indian or Alaskan Native, Black or African American, Hawaiian Native or other Pacific Islander, Hispanic or Latino, and/or Asian including Chinese, Filipino, Japanese, Korean, Asian Indian, Thai, or Vietnamese/Southeast Asian.”
WILL said that this program disfavors “students who are not men and do not meet certain racial criteria — if these race- and sex-based barriers do not disqualify such students from the Hospital’s ‘minority’ scholarship entirely.”
Similarly, the Jean Turner Minority Scholarship <a href="https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/careers/diverse-workforce/medical-imaging-scholarship" target="_blank" rel="noopener">stipulates</a> that recipients must be from an “under-represented ethnic group in the field of radiology.” This scholarship can cover up to $5,000 in tuition for a school year and was created “to create opportunities for people of color in the field of radiology.”
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Another initiative WILL argues is discriminatory is the Biomedical Research In Medicine and Science (BRIMS) program, designed for “underrepresented” populations to gain summer experience in a lab doing academic research.
“While candidates meeting the racial criteria can immediately qualify for BRIMS, candidates who do not meet the program’s racial criteria must either find some other way than skin color to demonstrate their disadvantage, or lose their eligibility altogether,” WILL wrote in its complaint. 
The hospital’s “Administrative Fellowship” program “strongly encourages applicants from historically underrepresented groups in healthcare — including diverse groups based on race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, and gender identity.”
This program allows recipients to gain experience running operations at a children’s hospital and academic center. 
“Treating individuals as racial or gender archetypes to ‘fix’ group differences is beyond the remit of a healthcare entity,” WILL wrote of the programs. “And in any event, such discrimination is illegal: Title VI and the [Affordable Care Act] do not permit federal funding recipients, like the Hospital, to operate their education, training and scholarship opportunities in this manner.”
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WILL also highlighted how the hospital keeps a <a href="https://www.cincinnatichildrens.org/about/diversity-equity-inclusion">running total</a> of its workforce “diversity” on its website, showing how many men vs. women are on staff and how many white vs. “POC” (people of color) work at the institution. 
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center did not respond to a request for comment from The Daily Wire. 
Federal officials <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/feds-investigating-after-cleveland-clinic-accused-of-treating-white-individuals-differently" target="_blank" rel="noopener">previously opened</a> an investigation into another Ohio hospital, the Cleveland Clinic, after WILL demanded a civil rights probe into the provider’s “Minority Stroke Program” and “Minority Men’s Health Center.&#8221;

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While &#8220;Cocaine Bear&#8221; is taking in millions at the box office, the Cincinnati Zoo is taking care of a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/cocaine" target="_blank" rel="noopener">cocaine</a> cat.
The Cincinnati Zoo announced on Tuesday that they are taking care of an African <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/animals" target="_blank" rel="noopener">serval</a> named Amiry. The cat was involved in a traffic stop in late January; it escaped its owner&#8217;s car when police arrested him and ran up a tree, breaking its leg in the process. Animal welfare experts said the cat tested positive for cocaine.
“The serval has been receiving veterinary care in our Animal Health Center since he was brought here,&#8221; the zoo said in a statement to local news outlet <a href="https://www.fox19.com/2023/03/07/cincinnati-zoo-takes-exotic-cat-after-daring-rescue-id-rather-deal-with-tiger/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Fox 19</a> Tuesday. &#8220;He’s doing well, and the next step will be for our Cat Ambassador Program team to work with him and determine if he’s a good fit to be an ambassador animal. He will likely be behind the scenes for a while.”
Police first discovered the cat during a traffic stop on January 28. While they were arresting the owner, the cat jumped out of the car and ran up a tree. Authorities initially said the cat was a leopard, and the Hamilton County Dog Warden, along with Cincinnati Animal CARE, a local animal shelter, were called in to rescue it.
Cincinnati Animal CARE spokesman Ray Anderson said rescuers weren&#8217;t sure what they were dealing with at first. According to Anderson, shelter expert thought it was an F1 Savannah, a hybrid breed of cat that comes from breeding a domestic house cat and a serval. The rescuers then turned the serval over to an exotic big cat expert, who reportedly told shelter employees, “’I’d rather deal with a tiger.’” A toxicology test informed them why: the cat tested positive for cocaine in its system.
“It did come back positive for cocaine,” Anderson said. “Now, we can’t say how the animal got the cocaine in the system. I don’t know if it was environmental or experimental.”
“Hindsight being 20/20, it probably would have involved a whole lot more people,&#8221; Anderson added.
Unfortunately, the serval broke its leg during the rescue. “In the process of getting the cat out of the tree&#8230; obviously, the cat didn’t want to get out of the tree&#8230; and our officers were working really hard to make sure they didn’t lose the cat in the process&#8230; Yeah, the leg was broken in the process,” Anderson recounted.
The cat was then transferred to the Cincinnati Zoo for further medical care. The zoo told <a href="https://www.wlwt.com/article/wild-african-serval-cat-captured-in-oakley-tests-positive-for-cocaine-transferred-to-cincinnati-zoo/43239515" target="_blank" rel="noopener">WLWT</a> that it will place Amiry in its Cat Ambassador Program soon at the zoo to work with trainers. He will not be visible to the public for a while, but if he works well with the trainers, the zoo plans to keep him.
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Servals are native to sub-Saharan Africa. They can grow between 21 and 24 inches tall, and weigh 20-40 lbs. They can jump as high as 7 feet in the air, and climb trees as high as 30 feet.
The whole incident comes while the movie &#8220;<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-movie-about-a-murderous-bear-jacked-up-on-cocaine-set-to-sweep-the-academy-awards" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Cocaine Bear</a>&#8221; is hitting theaters around the country. The film came out on February 24, a month after the cat was first rescued. The film is very loosely based on the story of a 175-lb. black bear that died after ingesting cocaine dropped out of a plane in a duffel bag by notorious drug dealer Andrew Thornton. In the film, however, the bear doesn&#8217;t simply die, but goes on a cocaine-fueled rampage before dying.

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