‘Defend my city’: Cincinnatians use social media to counter national narrative

CINCINNATI (ENQUIRER) - Cincinnatians are taking their city’s image into their own hands.

With the safety of the city questioned worldwide in the wake of the viral July 26 Downtown brawl , local residents have taken to TikTok, Threads, X, Facebook and other social media in an effort to defend their city – and, they say, tell the truth, our media partners at the Cincinnati Enquirer report.

Some posts are spontaneous. Other efforts are more organized.

An organized effort to assemble social media creators blew up online

Elijah Montgomery , a Cincinnati-based content creator with more than 56,000 followers on TikTok, posted a video urging fellow Greater Cincinnati social media creators to get involved. His ask: Post anything that will “inspire hope in the people of Cincinnati” and co