The media are still calling this a "fight" and not what it actually is: attempted murder.
Posted on 07/31/2025 7:27:03 AM PDT by Red Badger
A third person has been arrested in the vicious mob beating of a white man and white woman early Saturday morning in downtown Cincinnati that garnered national attention after video of the attack went viral. A total of five suspects have been charged so far, with three now in custody.
The woman victim who was sucker punched and seen knocked out and bleeding from her mouth was revealed in court Wednesday to be Russian and that she flew home on Sunday, the day after the attack.
The third person arrested, Jermaine Matthews, 39, turned himself Tuesday evening and was arraigned Wednesday with two other suspects previously arrested in the case. Mattheews is being held on $75,000 bond on a charge of aggravated rioting and $25,000 bond for felony assault.
Jermaine Matthews, charged in Cincinnati mob beating, booking photo via Hamilton County Sheriffs Office, July 30, 2025. Full size photo:
Jermaine Matthews, charged in Cincinnati mob beating, booking photo via Hamilton County Sheriffs Office, July 30, 2025. Montianez Merriweather, 34, is being held bond of $300,000 for felonious assault, $100,000 on misdemeanor assault and $100,000 for aggravated rioting.
DeKyra Vernon, 24, is being held in a total of $200,000 bond on charges of felonious assault, misdemeanor assault and aggravated rioting.
Charged in Cincinnati mob beating: Montianez Merriweather and Dekyra Vernon – Booking photo via Hamilton County Sheriff’s Office – July 29, 2025 The next court date in the case is scheduled for August 8.
Prosecutors alleged in court the two men conspired in the assault while the woman charged acted on her own in the mob attack, reported WXIX-TV (excerpt):
During their arraignments, Merriweather and Matthews were named by prosecutors as two suspects accused of coordinating the brawl that took place on Elm and Fourth streets July 27.
“Ultimately, we do have on video Mr. Merriweather walking up to co-defendant. He whispers something to him then walks back behind the victim,” a Cincinnati police detective testified.
The detective described their movements as “an ambush” or a “set up in a certain way.”
“They chase him and get him on the ground where they begin to punch and kick him on the ground. There’s a disengage. Merriweather goes after another gentleman behind another car and then he walks to the side and goes to the sidewalk while there’s a third assault occurring in the middle of the roadway,” explained the detective.
“As to Merriweather’s involvement in this, we believe he coordinated this with Mr. Matthews. He walked up to him on the video, whispered something to him and then strategically placed himself behind the victim as the assault began.”
Defense attorneys disputed the accounts by prosecutors.
Excerpt from WKRC-TV on the prosecutor’s case against Vernon, “The woman that was injured and knocked out, she was trying to turn her aid to another victim at the time,” said the detective. “She was rendering aid to another victim that was on the ground trying to get him back to his feet. He’s actually trying to get his pants back on because they beat his pants off of him. And while she’s rendering aid to that gentleman there, that’s when Ms. Vernon comes up and strikes her in the face. This, for no reason at all.”
More from the Cincinnati Enquirer (excerpt):
(Cincinnati police Detective Barney) Blank said that Vernon was a bystander watching the brawl when she approached and punched a Russian woman trying to protect someone on the ground. He said the woman returned to Russia over the weekend.
The detective said Vernon was not involved in any of the arguments that preceded the fight. “She just interjected herself into a brawl on the street,” Blank said.
Desiray Merriweather, Montianez Merriweather’s cousin, talked with reporters outside the courtroom after the July 30 hearing. She said that while she feels for the victims, including the woman who was knocked unconscious, she questions whether there would’ve been such a strong nationwide response if the victims had been Black.
…Montianez Merriweather’s family said he was spat on and called racial slurs in the lead-up to the brawl.
His cousin said people were out early in the morning partying during the weekend of the Cincinnati Music Festival, which in the past has been the largest annual weekend driver of tourism in the area.
“Both parties could have walked away,” she said. “It’s terrible how the world is nowadays.”
Video and screen image of the attack:
Video report on Wednesday’s court hearing by WLWT:
UDATE NOTE: It has not been made clear by prosecutors whether Holly, who has released photos of her injuries, is the Russian woman victim who they said went home. Holly has not been identified further than just her name by politicians who have been in contact with her.
Do we need to look?
Of course not.
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“”” she questions whether there would’ve been such a strong nationwide response if the victims had been Black.”””””””””
I know what the response would have been. They would have burned down cities just like they did when Saint Floyd overdosed.
“Saint Floyd of Fentanyl”, we must be specific....................
“The woman victim who was sucker punched and seen knocked out and bleeding from her mouth was revealed in court Wednesday to be Russian and that she flew home on Sunday”
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Boxers come out of fights looking better than that poor lady did.
“Third Person Arrested in Cincinnati Mob Beatings; Woman Victim Is Russian Who Flew Home the Day After Attack”
I feel sorry for foreigners coming here, especially those from countries with safe cities, as they’re very likely not informed regarding our no-go zones as the media completely BLACKS OUT news about how dangerous those places are.
So she got the crap beat out of her and she made an oversea flight the next day? Something doesn’t seem right.
They have plenty of “no go” areas “over there”, too. However, it was 3 am…usually nothing good happens at 3 am.
I hope she didn’t get a bad impression of America......................
If the victims had been black and the mob white, yes, nationwide riots. Had the mob and victims been black, there wouldn’t be any coverage.
For some odd reason they don’t have nor tolerate this kind of crap in Russia. Wonder why?
“””Had the mob and victims been black, there wouldn’t be any coverage.”””””
Yup.
“ …Montianez Merriweather’s family said he was spat on and called racial slurs in the lead-up to the brawl.”
Because, you know, Montianez was just standing there, reading his Sunday School notes, when this White man walked up and spit on him. The racial slur??? It’s a given for an excuse, whether it happened or not.
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“Third Person Arrested in Cincinnati Mob Beatings”
Are there are now three more heroes for the Democrats aka Demoncrats to express support for?
Three more martyrs for The Glorious Revolution!
“The issue is never the issue. The issue is always The Revolution!” - David Horowitz...............
I don’t know about you guys, I don’t just have fatigue anymore... its verging on utter repulsion. I’m done. Totally done.
One of my BEST teaching jobs was at a day treatment center for troubled teens — mostly gang bangers who had only two options — prison, or the center.
I was their ELA teacher. And after a rocky start — I got reading scores at or above grade level, got them writing, got them thinking critically.
That was 5 years ago. I’ve worked in public schools since, and have encountered younger ferals who have senses of entitlement that are unbelievable. They’re stupid, violent, and their bonnet headed mammies who would show up at the school, drunk, in their pajamas, slippers, with unshaved reeking armpits... and they’d be screamin’ about getting lawyers because D’lavariwuavious and Moron’dre had Fs in class (because the little dindus would be on their phones, filming tik toks and totally out of control...)
It’s disgusting. I’m tired of them. They deserve nothing.
Would you stay in a foreign country where you missed being murdered by one or two more kicks to the head?
The media are still calling this a "fight" and not what it actually is: attempted murder.
D’lavariwuavious and Moron’dre!...........
Yep. I was lucky to finally get a position at a small continuation school - we were considered a “school of choice” and had the option of quickly expelling students back to their home school. I escaped from a school with students exactly as you describe - feral, entitled and THEY had all the rights, we could not suspend or expel them for any reason (aberrant acts were covered up). The parent was worse, defending her “baby’s” actions - asking what I did to cause him or her to act that way. School backed up the parent, of course. Got out and found sanctuary.
A dear friend (White male) was passed over (repeatedly) for a principal’s position - that was given to blacks, including one straight from Nigeria - he quit and went to work for the state prison system - making a lot more than we were paid, said it was easy work, there were armed guards around the room and it was voluntary only - he taught inmates to read and write. Lock downs were frequent and he was paid regardless.
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