Cincinnati police union unanimously votes no confidence in mayor Aftab Pureval amid viral beatdown fallout
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Union representatives for the Cincinnati Police Department have roundly rejected the city’s mayor, stemming in part from the fallout from the viral July 26 beatdown that reverberated across the nation. 

“Tonight, the Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) Lodge 69 unanimously voted no confidence in Mayor Aftab Pureval, citing a series of leadership failures over the past month that have undermined public safety, police operations, and community trust,” the FOP said in a Monday night statement obtained by Fox News Digital.

FOP President Ken Kober decried what the organization feels is a lack of support from the mayor’s office in the release. 

Mayor Aftab Pureval arrives at a press conference about early Saturday morning’s viral beatdown in downtown Cincinnati

Mayor Aftab Pureval arrives at a press conference about early Saturday morning’s viral beatdown in downtown Cincinnati. (Fox News Digital )

The police union also said that Aftab failed to properly condemn city contractor Iris Roley, who was accused of interfering in a separate police investigation earlier this month, according to WLWT

Seven alleged attackers have been charged in connection with the violent assault. 

Six suspects, Patrick Rosemond, 38, Jermaine Mathews, 39, Montanez Merriweather, 34, DeKyra Vernon, 24, Dominique Kittle, 37, and Aisha Devaughn, 25, are each charged with three counts of alleged felonious assault, three counts of assault and two counts of aggravated rioting. 

A seventh suspect in the attack, Gregory Wright, 32, was charged with alleged aggravated riot and aggravated robbery after allegedly snatching a chain off a victim of the brawl. 

Separately, Merriweather has been charged at the federal level with being a felon in possession of a firearm, and Mathews has been charged federally with conspiring to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl and operating a premises for the purpose of trafficking narcotics. 

Pureval’s office did not immediately return a comment request. 

Fox News Digital’s Julia Bonavita contributed to this report. 

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