A violent street mob attacked a man and woman in Cincinnati on Saturday night.

The alarming incident was caught on video, and the footage went viral online. The city’s police chief has vowed to identify and find the culprits responsible for the “cruel and absolutely unacceptable” behavior.

The brawl took place on the final night of the city’s annual Cincinnati Music Festival.

“I am in complete disgust waking up to the viral video many of you have now seen. The behavior displayed is nothing short of cruel and absolutely unacceptable. Our investigative team is working diligently to identify every individual involved in causing harm. It’s also important to clarify: this was a sudden dispute between individuals following a verbal altercation. It was not connected in any way to the Music Fest,” Cincinnati Police Chief Teresa Theetge said in a statement, according to WKRC.

The video begins with a man being punched and then thrown to the ground by two others. The man is then quickly surrounded by a mob that continues to stomp, kick, punch, and jeer for nearly a full minute. The man on the ground alternates between attempting to grab at the feet of those surrounding him and covering his head.

Eventually, the beating subsides and the man is helped to his feet. He is unsteady, however, and quickly falls back to the ground. He appears dazed and bloodied as he is helped to his feet again and walks away with assistance.

As the man is being helped away, another altercation breaks out. A woman who appears to be trying to protect the man from further harm is set upon by several others. The second altercation ends with a man punching the woman in the head. She falls to the ground and appears to be unconscious for several moments. The video ends as several people help her to sit up.

The video can be seen here.

Cincinnati Fraternal Order of Police President Ken Kober condemned the violence, as well as the people who stood by and chose to video or jeer without attempting to call police. No police officers appear to be visible throughout the nearly two-and-half minute video.

“The violence this video shows downtown is disgusting,” Kober told WLWT. “What’s equally disgusting is those who chose to watch and record instead of calling 911, attempting to defuse the situation or render aid. I have full faith in the Central Business Section Investigators they will make arrests in the near future. It will then be the responsibility of the court system to hold these violent thugs accountable.”

President Donald Trump said Sunday that not a single wind turbine would be built in the United States under his administration.

Trump pummeled the green energy source for its inefficiency and risks to the environment, and he pointed out that the market for wind turbines is dominated by one of the United States’ chief geopolitical adversaries, China. He called the wind industry a “con job.”

“The other thing I say to Europe, we will not allow a windmill to be built in the United States. They’re killing us. They’re killing the beauty of our scenery, our valleys, our beautiful plains,” Trump told reporters on Sunday. “It’s the most expensive form of energy. It’s no good. They’re made in China, almost all of them.”

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen sat beside the president during his attack on wind energy. Von der Leyen, who is from Germany, has supported wind energy and renewables generally as her country’s energy prices have skyrocketed under its “Energiewende,” an attempt to transition Germany’s power grid from fossil fuels and nuclear energy to renewables.

“In all fairness, Germany tried it, and wind doesn’t work. You need subsidy for wind, and energy should not need subsidy. With energy you make money, you don’t lose money,” said Trump.

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Trump appeared especially aggravated at wind turbines on Sunday after he played a round of golf at his Turnberry Golf Club in Scotland. He mentioned that he was able to see a cluster of nine turbines from his course that ruined the view.

“You have the same thing all over, all over Europe, in particular. You have windmills all over the place,” said Trump. “Some of the countries prohibit it, but people ought to know that these windmills are very destructive. They’re environmentally unsound.”

The president called environmentalists pushing for widespread adoption of wind energy “hacks.”

Trump’s dislike of wind turbines dates back over a decade when, before his career in politics began, he engaged in a high-profile fight to keep wind turbines from appearing offshore in sight from another of his Scottish golf courses, Trump International Scotland near Aberdeen. 

In 2011, Trump in a letter complained to then-Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond about the plans to erect the wind turbines. Trump called the planned project an “ugly cloud … hanging over the future of the great Scottish coastline.”