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New footage displaying the racial slur that was shouted through the brutal beatdown in Cincinnati, Ohio, final weekend has emerged. Within the video, somebody may be heard yelling the N-word because the violence begins to unfold, although it’s unclear who precisely stated it and to whom it was directed.
Lawyer Brandon Fox, who represents defendant Jermaine Matthews, advised Fox Information’ CB Cotton that “it was not a Black, racist mob attacking individuals. These have been separate fights that have been triggered by racial slurs that finally poured gasoline on the hearth.”
WATCH: New video of the racial slur yelled through the Cincinnati beatdown emerges
Fox additionally stated that his consumer was not concerned in smaller fights, however fairly was making an attempt to interrupt them up. Matthews solely bought concerned when he was slapped by a “taller White man,” in accordance with Fox.
Matthews is dealing with fees of aggravated riot and assault, and his bond was set at $100,000 on Wednesday, according to FOX 19. Nevertheless, he returned to court docket on Thursday the place he confronted two new counts of felonious assault and one for misdemeanor assault. In line with FOX 19, the choose then set new bonds that pushed the overall to $270,000.
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New footage of the viral Cincinnati brawl reveals people yelling racial slurs because the violence unfolds. (Jay Black)
“I noticed somewhat ruckus happening, noticed individuals type of scuffling, so type of zoomed in, and as soon as my cellphone type of targeted in, I noticed the so-called victims being fairly aggressive in the direction of the group of those that have been already standing on the market,” Jay Black, who witnessed the skirmish, advised Fox Information Digital.
He additionally claimed to have seen somebody who was knocked to the bottom rise up and begin preventing once more.
“As soon as he bought up, you recognize individuals have been type of backing off of him, however he was type of nonetheless going at individuals, you recognize, and utilizing racial slurs,” he advised Fox Information Digital.
Black additionally stated that “opposite to what individuals assume,” there have been truly “lots of people” making an attempt to interrupt up the struggle.
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Jay Black poses inside his barber store, Past Picture, in Cincinnati, Ohio, on Saturday, Aug. 2, 2025. Black captured one of many viral movies of the brutal July 26 beating in downtown Cincinnati that left six individuals injured and led to 6 people being charged. (Julia Bonavita/Fox Information Digital)
Makes an attempt to de-escalate the struggle, comparable to one man yelling at an assailant that the sufferer was 62 years outdated, didn’t appear to deliver down tensions. One girl, recognized as Holly, was knocked unconscious within the incident that occurred between Elm and Fourth Streets.
Town has been roundly criticized this week over its dealing with of the brawl, which set the web ablaze.
Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval responded publicly late Monday, after the beating had been circulated for about 36 hours. He had been on trip in Canada and introduced plans to chop it brief and return to the town on Thursday.
“Let me be clear, there is no such thing as a place for violent crime in Cincinnati, whether or not it is struggle or gun violence, we are going to pursue these accountable and we are going to maintain them accountable irrespective of who they’re, interval,” Pureval stated at a information convention on Friday.
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Cincinnati Mayor Aftab Pureval (left) and a avenue brawl in downtown (Fox Information Digital; X/@Anthea06274890)
Moreover, a metropolis councilwoman, Victoria Parks, can also be dealing with public scrutiny after she stated on Fb that the victims of the assault “begged for that beat down!”
Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge later revealed that out of the roughly 100 individuals who witnessed the incident or have been concerned within the struggle, just one known as regulation enforcement.
“Belief me after I say this, had the Cincinnati Police Division been notified in actual time, our officers would have responded with urgency and drive to guard life,” Theetge stated on the information convention on Friday.
When chatting with Fox Information Digital, Black appeared to chalk the struggle as much as an environment through which individuals have been ingesting and out late for the annual Cincinnati Jazz Fest.
“I do know it did not it — wasn’t something needed to do with the Jazz Pageant. You recognize, that is what lots of people are involved with. We do not need that to shine a foul mild on an excellent weekend. It was the most effective weekends ever. However I did see different fights happening. You recognize, it was simply a type of offers the place you bought individuals out ingesting and I am fairly positive ingesting had rather a lot to do with that struggle,” Black stated.
A struggle broke out on Friday evening in downtown Cincinnati, leaving a number of individuals injured. (X/@Anthea06274890)
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Up to now, four arrests have been made in connection to the brawl. Along with Matthews and Merriweather, Dekyra Vernon and Dominique Kittle have additionally been arrested and are dealing with fees.
Merriweather is dealing with one depend of felonious assault, one depend of misdemeanor assault and one depend of aggravated rioting. His bond has been set at $500k whole. Vernon can also be dealing with fees of felonious assault, misdemeanor assault and aggravated rioting, however her bond was set at $200k.
Whereas Matthews’ legal professional claims his consumer didn’t know Merriweather, detectives stated in court docket earlier this week that the 2 coordinated with one another.
In the meantime, Kittle, who’s charged with aggravated rioting and misdemeanor assault, had his first court docket look on Saturday. His bond was set at $150k. Moreover, his legal professional stated on the file that Kittle suffers from paranoid schizophrenia.
Fox Information Digital’s Peter D’Abrosca, Sarah Rumpf-Whitten and Tessa Hoyos contributed to this report.
