Police say more charges likely in massive brawl at Montgomery, Alabama riverfront dock
Charges were filed against three white boaters who allegedly assaulted a Black ferry co-captain, sparking a racially charged melee at Riverfront Park in Montgomery, Alabama, on Saturday night that was captured on bystander videos that went viral.Police say more charges are likely in the massive brawl at the Montgomery riverfront dock.
One of those men has surrendered and is in custody, and the two others were expected to surrender soon, Albert said at Tuesday's news conference. He did not specify who was already in custody. In all, 13 people were detained and questioned for several hours Saturday before being released, the chief said."We have hundreds of videos and witness statements at this time and, I would say at this point it is highly likely that more arrests and more individuals will face charges," Albert told CNN's Sara Sidner on Tuesday night.
Pickett, the co-captain, was then picked up from the riverboat by another vessel and brought to the dock to try to have a conversation with the boat owners and get them to move, Albert said. There, the boat owners confronted the captain in a "very hostile manner," the chief said. The fight was "brought on by reckless individuals who did not use good judgment and caused an event that certainly was avoidable," Reed said during Tuesday's news conference. "That said, the police department reacted very swiftly and very intentionally to address the matter, as did other citizens in the community."
"I think it's important for us to understand that there was a young White dock worker or someone who worked on the boat who also tried to help and who was attacked as well," said Reed, Montgomery's first Black mayor. The footage shows a shirtless White man charged and shoved the Harriott's employee, who flung his hat into the air. The shirtless man then threw several punches at him, and a group of several other White people knocked the worker to the ground and started hitting him, the footage shows.
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