$350K bond for man charged in ‘We don’t give a f*** coronavirus’ video

CINCINNATI (FOX19) - The man accused of being behind a YouTube video showing a large gathering in Over-the-Rhine Friday night appeared in court Monday.

Bond was set at $350,000 for Rashaan Davis.

Cincinnati police arrested the 25-year-old man on Vine Street Saturday afternoon and charged him with a misdemeanor after they say he violated Gov. Mike Dewine's "stay-at-home" order.

Videos of Friday's crowd surfaced all over social media by Saturday morning, showing large groups flouting social distancing rules, including some standing on cars and dancing to music.

"This is how we do it in my city, man," Davis says in one of the videos. "We don't give a f*** about this coronavirus."

Cincinnati police wrote in his criminal complaint this "is egregious" because Davis "publicly acknowledged the COVID-19 pandemic and incited others to violate the "Stay At Home" order via a ten minute YouTube posting."

"In the video, (Davis) narrates a video of himself and others openly defying the order, causing even greater risk of ... (Read more)

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