Cleveland Police and city officials held a news conference Wednesday afternoon to announce the arrest of a dozen teens for a 'brutal' and 'horrific' attack on a man at a gas station.
Appearing at the news conference as a unified front and speaking in strong terms, Cleveland City and Cuyahoga County officials spoke Wednesday about the callous beating of a man at a gas station early Tuesday morning by over a dozen juveniles and broadly about the epidemic of youth violence gripping the area.
Officials played surveillance video of the beating at the news conference Wednesday. Watch it in the player below: Later that morning, officers were sent to a nearby home for screams heard coming from it. When they arrived, police said that officers found two white Hyundais parked at the house. The resident gave officers permission to come in, where they found multiple teens hiding in the basement.
"This brutal attack and use of guns is just one horrific recent example of the rising violence we have seen this summer," said Cleveland Mayor Justin Bibb."As I've previously stated, we are using the full weight of the law to hold criminals accountable and put them on notice that these actions will not be tolerated."
Bibb reiterated steps the city is taking to curb the violence and hold those responsible accountable. "I'm not a proponent of mass incarceration. Let's get that clear. I am not," he said."But I am a proponent of keeping our neighborhoods safe. And if that means putting juveniles violent — that's the key — violent juveniles behind bars to make our neighborhoods safe, then I'm a proponent for that. What we're seeing there is animalistic.
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