Five charged in viral Cincinnati street attack but prosecutor's office awaits details
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The top prosecutor in Hamilton County, Ohio, Connie Pillich, said despite claims from Cincinnati Chief of Police Teresa Theetge, that five people have been charged in connection to an attack over the weekend, those charges have not yet been filed with the court.

In an interview with Fox News Digital, Pillich said to her knowledge, five people were charged, though her office has yet to receive any word on what the charges are.

The charges stem from a beating that took place on Friday night between Elm and Fourth Streets, that resulted in videos of the incident going viral on social media.

Video circulating around social media shows two people attacking a man wearing a white T-shirt, who is eventually shoved to the ground. The man wearing a white T-shirt was kicked several times while he was on the ground but eventually gets up.

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Cincinnati police Chief Teresa Theetge slammed social media for only showing part of an attack that happened in the downtown section of the city over the weekend. (WXIX)

Theetge said during the presser that over 100 people were watching and filming the attack, though only one person called 911 to alert police to the incident. When officers arrived, the attack had come to an end, she said.

“The idea that nobody called 911…I think is part of the culture that we’re in right now where we want to record everything, and I don’t know what people do with those recordings,” Pillich said. “But calling 911 has got to be what we do first. 911’s been around for decades, way earlier than this century was arriving here. People should know 911, and perhaps this is a very good reminder to everyone that we should all call 911 if we see something.”

And despite the police chief saying many people were watching and recording the attack, Pillich said she saw another side not mentioned.

“I can tell you when I looked at a couple of the videos, I saw people yelling, ‘Stop! Stop!’” she said. “I saw [people] pulling people out of the melee. I saw a small amount of people trying to help, and I‘m really glad about those good people who understand that we’re better than this.”

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