Cincinnati business owners slam viral 'out of control' beating amid fight to clean up downtown

Business owners near the site of a viral weekend beatdown in downtown Cincinnati scorned the subjects in the extremely out-of-control assault that has captured nationwide attention The early Saturday morning melee on the corner of Fourth Street and Elm Street which caused a national outcry after being circulated on social media took place outside a popular nightclub called LoVe and the late-night restaurant next door In the video a mob viciously assaulted two people including a woman who was knocked out cold while bystanders filmed instead of intervening Kris Koch owns Koch Sporting Goods on Fourth Street across the street from the club His family business has been there since CINCINNATI MAYORAL CANDIDATE VP VANCE'S HALF-BROTHER SLAMS CITY LEADERSHIP AFTER BRUTAL BEATDOWNHe described the brutal assault as a hate crime and announced the city's downtown is no stranger to mobs of people taking to the streets at night That bar tends to get very crowded and the crowd spills out into the street he communicated Fox News Digital Sometimes you can't even drive your car down the street because there's so numerous people out there partying It's not just Saturday night It happens every weekend and nobody records anything really Koch explained that LoVe is relatively new to the downtown business district and declared that despite their best efforts the police can't control the crowds It's a nuisance Koch disclosed bluntly LoVe did not return a comment request CINCINNATI POLICE CHIEF SAYS OUT OF PEOPLE WATCHING AND RECORDING VIOLENT ATTACK ONLY CALLED Koch stated Fox News Digital that residents are ready to fight back but recognized that not everyone downtown on the weekends is looking to cause trouble The bulk of the time the people that are partying are not villains or they're not part of the violence that just got extremely out of control he explained Despite the weekend crowds Koch defended the city calling it generally safe BRUTAL DOWNTOWN BRAWL LEAVES CASUALTIES BLOODIED AS CINCINNATI POLICE LAUNCH EXAMINATION You can bring your family down and walk all around downtown and know that nothing's going to happen to you Justin Karp owns Main Auction Galleries next door to Koch's store His family has owned that business for years of which have been spent at the location on Fourth Street He denounced the assault saying violence is never the answer I don't know how it started but I do know that there was a big fight he disclosed A couple of people were severely outnumbered and people would rather I guess film than help Is that really the best answer Disappointed he described the fight as a poor reflection on the city When you think of Jazz Fest now that's what they're going to think about not the people coming here for music and entertainment and food and why they were here he mentioned referring to the city's jazz festival that was ongoing during the assault The Downtown Residents Council is holding a special meeting on residents safety at p m Tuesday at the Cincinnati Community Library On Monday Cincinnati Chief of Police Teresa Theetge explained in a news conference that about people witnessed the fight and only one called That is unacceptable to not call the police she declared Traffic was horrendous People saw this They were fighting in front of traffic Why didn't people call us Agents have charged at least five individuals in the attack though personnel have not distributed the identities of the defendants or the charges they are facing