From Fox News: Hoards of people were seen flooding the streets of downtown Cincinnati following the Reds’ Opening Day baseball game as chaos unfolded outside the stadium Thursday.
Cincinnati police said incidents of “disorder and violence” occurred Thursday evening as large crowds gathered in entertainment districts including The Banks, a popular area near Great American Ball Park.
Floods of people were seen blocking traffic as chaos took over.
Police reported disturbances in several downtown areas during Opening Day festivities.
Officers responded to multiple fights, met with crowd resistance, and used loudspeakers to disperse crowds. Several arrests were made, but details are pending.
WLWT reported that there was “a massive crowd swarming a line of Cincinnati officers.”
Video shared with WLWT tonight shows some of the chaos downtown during Opening Day celebrations, including a massive crowd swarming a line of Cincinnati officers. https://t.co/zGfsSZgOZ0 pic.twitter.com/bs7jKb8Not
— WLWT (@WLWT) March 27, 2026
Fox19 reported, “Cincinnati police are scene [sic] on bikes, with riot gear and carrying non-lethal weapons to disperse the crowds.”
Another video from The Banks post-Opening Day game. Cincinnati police are scene on bikes, with riot gear and carrying non-lethal weapons to disperse the crowds. pic.twitter.com/xtvMfAXVhp
— FOX19 NOW (@FOX19) March 27, 2026
Mayor Aftab Pureval said the behavior is “an outrage” and that it would not be tolerated.
“This is exactly what causes fear and concern among our guests who come to support our urban core,” he said in a statement Friday. “It’s the kind of behavior that forces us to look at and implement more severe crowd control restrictions in our Downtown. Thank you to our Cincinnati Police Department for your quick and effective work. I’m grateful that our Police, Hamilton County Sheriff, and state law partners were prepared with a coordinated and swift response to keep folks safe and prevent things from escalating even further. I am glad that they are OK. But we cannot ask this of them every night.”
“My expectation is full accountability from those involved last night, and that every stakeholder and community member is willing to work with us to prevent this from happening again.”
— Aftab Pureval (@AftabPureval) March 27, 2026
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