Well, this one is ugly — and it’s exactly the kind of story that shows how deep the rot has gotten in some of these so-called “progressive” cities.
Sen. Bernie Moreno (R-OH) just dropped the receipts — graphic photos of a woman brutally beaten in downtown Cincinnati during the city’s annual Jazz Festival. Her name is Holly, and from the photos, it’s clear she was left bloodied and incapacitated after being sucker-punched in what should have been a festive, safe environment.
Here’s where it gets even more enraging: Cincinnati Councilwoman Victoria Parks — instead of condemning the violence — actually claimed Holly was “begging for that beatdown.” That’s right. A sitting city official excused a mob-style attack on a woman. You can’t make this stuff up.
It gets worse. The attackers? Released on just $400 bond. For nearly beating a woman unconscious.
As Moreno pointed out, that’s thanks to a local prosecutor who apparently thinks criminal justice reform means turning violent criminals right back onto the streets. And where was Rep. Greg Landsman, who represents the area? Oh, he was too busy posting about Ukraine to say a single word about a brutal assault in his own district.
Cincinnati Councilwoman Victoria Parks must resign immediately! Defending violent criminals who viciously beat innocent people is disgusting.
Her words “They begged for that beat down!” are outrageous.
Prosecutors must charge the attackers with a hate crime. We must… pic.twitter.com/sNv8ecPyNG
— Phil Plummer (@PhilPlummerOH) July 30, 2025
Call me old-fashioned, but this isn’t complicated: a man doesn’t hit a woman. Period. And if he does, the hammer of justice should drop so hard that every wannabe thug in town thinks twice before trying it again. Instead? Cincinnati’s leadership blames the victim and puts the criminals back out with pocket-change bail.
And then there’s the racial angle. Holly is white. Her attackers are black. Parks seems perfectly fine implying that this somehow makes the violence “understandable.” No. It doesn’t. It’s disgusting. It’s dehumanizing. And it’s the exact opposite of what leadership should look like.
But this is what happens when ideology becomes more important than law and order. These Democrat-led cities are crumbling because their leaders won’t stand up for their own citizens — especially when doing so might upset their political allies or complicate their narratives.
