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Stephen Starr in Cincinnati, Ohio

JD Vance exploited a brawl to paint Cincinnati as crime-ridden. The fallout has divided the city

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Cincinnati, Ohio, in 2021. Photograph: Megan Jelinger for The Washington Post via Getty Images

It took only a few days for footage of a violent brawl in downtown Cincinnati in July to catch the attention of some of the country’s most high-profile figures.

The fight, which saw a white woman punched in the face from behind by an African American man, among other incidents, took place when about 150,000 people were attending events in the city’s urban core.

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