CINCINNATI — The city is pushing back on claims that officials were "pressuring" the Cincinnati Police Department to find a crime to charge victims with in a violent July fight.

FOP President Ken Kober said in a statement City Solicitor Emily Smart Woerner "bowed to political pressure and ordered" police to file a disorderly conduct charge against Alex Tchervinski, a man who was also identified as a victim, in the July 26 fight that has garnered national attention.

"City Solicitor Woerner and the Pureval administration’s blatant political meddling is the most egregious I’ve witnessed in my career," Kober said. "Overruling law enforcement and prosecutors for cheap political points is a disgraceful stain on our city, and those responsible should be utterly ashamed of themselves."

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