NBC station WSFA of Montgomery reported that four arrest warrants have been issued in connection with the altercation and “there’s a possibility more will follow after the review of additional video”. A third was beaten over the head with a folding chair, video showed.Īfter the arrival of police officers, the brawl subsided – and then briefly reignited before police began cuffing the participants, Black and white. Cheered on by bystanders, they beat three white men and two women, at least one of whom could be seen first striking others by running up and throwing her body into them from behind.Īt least two of the women jumped or were pushed into the river. The conflict escalated when a group of about six Black men from the riverboat confronted the white party. When a Black riverboat worker objected, he was attacked by a group of white men. The brawl appeared to start when a pontoon boat prevented a larger river boat from docking. “Several subjects have been detained, and any charges are pending,” a police statement added, without elaborating. They said officers had “located a large group of subjects engaged in a physical altercation”. Montgomery police confirmed they responded to reports of a disturbance on the 200 block of Coosa Street in the area of the Montgomery riverfront park.
“This is not … 1963 anymore,” read one comment, alluding to the year before the signing of the Civil Rights Act, which prohibited discrimination on the basis of race.
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