Overview

• Gregory Wright, 32, was arrested on August 12 on aggravated riot and assault charges after allegedly snatching a victim’s necklace and filming the July 26 attack.
• A Hamilton County grand jury has indicted six people on multiple counts of felonious assault, assault and aggravated rioting, carrying up to 29 years in prison if convicted.
• Local Black leaders and Cincinnati elected officials are pressing prosecutors to charge the unidentified white man shown slapping a Black victim and using racial slurs before the melee.
• The FBI’s ongoing hate-crime review remains active as Hamilton County prosecutors indicate additional arrests or indictments could follow.
• The Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police defended investigators’ work and criticized elected officials for attempting to influence the charging decisions.