The Cincinnati Shame 4: Mayor Says He Is Too Busy to Talk to Victims

It a gang of white people stalked and beat a black couple on the streets of Cincinnati, we all know what would happen. 

Politicians would be wearing kente cloth scarves, taking knees, begging for forgiveness that white people exist, and preparing scaffolds for the perpetrators. 

There would be marches, speeches, yet another national reckoning on race, and endless think pieces in The Atlantic, The New York Times, and a 60,000-word essay in The New Yorker about the horrors of white supremacy in America. 

But in this case, the perpetrators were black thugs and the victims a middle-aged white couple, so nobody in the establishment will give the victims a thought. It is the job of the victims to be victimized, and of the victimizers to be valorized, or perhaps given mild punishments and patted on the head. 

BREAKING – When the mayor of Cincinnati, Aftab Pureval, was asked if he had reached out to any of the victims brutally beaten by a black mob during the city’s Jazz Festival chaos, he said he had better things to do. pic.twitter.com/cqk0edJVjP

— Right Angle News Network (@Rightanglenews) August 2, 2025

Ever since this story broke, I have struggled with it. Initially, I didn’t even want to write about it because doing so would elevate a particular crime into an archetype that feeds into racial stereotypes. It’s not so much that I fear being called racist–everybody is called racist these days if they deviate a millimeter from the acceptable narrative–but rather that I didn’t want to feed actual racist narratives that are out there and growing. 

Just because a disproportionate number of black people commit crimes–hate crimes included–I do not believe that it is because they are black. It is because we have fostered a culture of racial impunity in which many black youths believe they can commit hate crimes with impunity. 

There was a time when the same was true for whites, who could and did commit hate crimes against blacks without consequence, and that was evil, too. Civilization exists largely to tame the evil in all our souls, and when it fails to do so, the hate bubbles to the surface. 

Now I am on my fourth piece on the Cincinnati shame. Why? 

🚨BREAKING – A black member of Cincinnati’s City Council posted on Social Media stating that the White people beaten at the Cincinnati jazz festival “begged” for it.

Her name is Victoria Parks. X, make her famous! pic.twitter.com/XhFhcjgEiY

— The Patriot Oasis™ (@ThePatriotOasis) July 30, 2025

Simple: the shame is not that of the thugs who committed the crime–they were doing what barbarians do. Everybody is born a barbarian–watch 2-year-olds fight over toys–and it is the role of civilized adults to coach our youth into becoming civilized. We called children who have not been civilized by their adults “spoiled,” and when they get older, criminals. 

🚨Cincinnati Police Chief, Terri Theetge, downplays the attack on white people by group of blacks. She basically says to not believe your lying eyes!!👀

Also…. She is being sued by her own department for bias against white Lieutenants!! She needs to be fired. pic.twitter.com/5aV9CksOFm

— Juanita Broaddrick (@atensnut) July 29, 2025

The shame is that of the city fathers and mothers of Cincinnati, who have been calling for “context” and downplaying the crime. They blame social media for allowing the world to see that they have created an environment where barbarians can beat people, laugh, and broadcast their crimes to the world in order to get applause. 

BREAKING: Another Cincinnati Councilmember is blaming social media for pointing out the OBVIOUS RACIAL motivation of the mob beating.

We don’t have to live like this.

The ENTIRE City Council needs to RESIGN IMMEDIATELY!pic.twitter.com/o8jUtNAQYP

— Gunther Eagleman™ (@GuntherEagleman) August 1, 2025

The leaders of Cincinnati look away. Make excuses. Chastise us for being appalled. They, in effect, say that being a barbarian–at least if you’re black–is normal. It is anything but normal. 

I do not believe that black people are particularly prone to barbarity. But I do believe that American black culture–at least what we euphemistically call “urban” culture–celebrates it. That is why the perpetrators were laughing and broadcasting their crime–it was something to be proud of. 

Cincinnati Authorities Warn White Visitors Not To Use Their Skulls To Attack Black Fists https://t.co/qIqPmtKmWX pic.twitter.com/gbtNJzR6Xy

— The Babylon Bee (@TheBabylonBee) July 31, 2025

Mayor Pureval pretends that this vicious crime is nothing special, when we all know that it was. Not because barbarians attacked civilized people, but because the discussion about the attack is determined solely by the race of the perpetrators and victims. 

If the perpetrators were white, it would be important. But the perpetrators are black, so it is to be expected and excused. 

JUST IN: Ohio Senator Bernie Moreno releases photos of the woman who was brutally beaten in Cincinnati after a local council member said she deserved the beatdown.

Councilwoman Victoria Parks said she was “grateful” that the woman, “Holly,” was beaten unconscious.

Moreno is now… pic.twitter.com/B9209VXwXv

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) July 30, 2025

Americans instinctively understand that the history of racial violence between the Civil War and the 1960s is one of shame. We allowed–at least “we” in certain parts of the country–white thugs to beat and lynch black people with impunity. It was racially motivated violence and racially motivated “justice.” 

The scars from that time are still painful. 

Cincinnati’s mayor stands alongside pastor Damon Lynch who calls for the victims of last week’s brutal beating to be arrested and charged, their mug shots publicized.

pic.twitter.com/wWAnJEoj4o

— Libby Emmons (@libbyemmons) August 2, 2025

The current shame is no less, and if you count up all the racially motivated attacks committed by blacks on whites in recent years, the number of victims probably exceeds the number of black victims of lynching. 

There is no “justice” in forgiving black violence against whites, just as there was no justice in forgiving white violence against blacks. They are the same phenomenon. Racial hatred, expressed as barbarian violence against the targeted group. 

Yet the current generation of city leaders–really all liberal politicians–is to excuse the racially-motivated violence. 

The shame is not solely Cincinnati’s. It is for all people who excuse vicious barbarity because the perpetrators are of the preferred race. 

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