Crime has dominated the headlines in Cincinnati this summer, from high-profile incidents like a viral video of a fight Downtown , to frequent updates about the city’s reported crime numbers.

With the mayor and all nine city council members up for re-election in three months, the rhetoric about crime is ramping up, too.

It's safe to say a lot of people are skeptical about the city’s messaging on crime, including some who claim city officials are intentionally deceiving the public.

Republican Cory Bowman is challenging Democratic incumbent Aftab Pureval for Mayor in November. Bowman spoke in an interview on WKRC-AM on July 24.

“I saw a post yesterday to where the wording was, ‘well if you look at overall crime based on’ — this is what they said — ‘over the average of three years. Over th

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