As RedState has previously written, Cincinnati, Ohio, was the site of an attack on a man and woman, both of whom are white, late on Friday, July 25, by what in early video taken by onlookers of the incident appeared to be a mob of Black people. What RedState’s Ward Clark wrote on July 28 reminds us that it’s wise to hold off on snap judgments about viral news stories–especially anything that could involve race: (emphasis added)

A white couple was brutaIIy beaten at a jazz festival by a black “teen mob” in Cincinnati yesterday.

0 national coverage. pic.twitter.com/IgPnVYwbme

— End Wokeness (@EndWokeness) July 27, 2025

At first look, this appeared to be a racially motivated hate crime. And, to be fair, in the first round of videos, we don’t see the moments leading up to the attack.

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Now, though, it’s not clear that race was the factor that it may have appeared to be in the first video. Some new information has come to light that puts a different slant on this event. Note that the woman who was attacked is lying inert on the pavement, eyes open and staring; this is the sign of a concussion, possibly serious, although later in the video, she is seen being assisted to her feet by a black man. That after the man who was beaten appeared to throw the first blow – an open-handed slap, but the . 

You can watch the more recent video in Ward’s story (the first one linked below). We also wrote about Senator Bernie Moreno (R-OH) taking to social media to release images of the injuries to female victim, Holly, while criticizing Cincinnati Councilwoman Victoria Parks for how she spoke about the victims in the comments on her Facebook page:

The victim, who is being referred to only by her first name at this time, was downtown during the annual Jazz Festival to attend a birthday party. After an altercation between a man and a group of other men, Holly was sucker punched, leaving her incapacitated on the ground and bleeding from the head and mouth. 

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Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) has released graphic photos of the victim of a violent attack in Cincinnati after a local city councilwoman claimed she “begged for that beatdown.”