Alabama Police Department announced on Monday that four arrest warrants had been issued in connection with a large brawl on a riverfront in which a group of people seemed to attack a dockworker while onlookers screamed and recorded the commotion.
Major Saba Coleman of the Montgomery Police Department said more warrants could be issued when authorities evaluate additional footage of the altercation, which gained national attention. Several persons were detained, according to the Alabama Police Department, and charges are pending.
Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed announced Tuesday that Alabama Police Department will hold a briefing to provide an update on the situation.
“While there is a lot of activity and interest in this, we know that we’ll come through this together as a community collectively as we have in other situations,” Reed told news outlets on Monday, according to al.com. According to Reed, no one has been arrested as of yet.
Around 7 p.m., the brawl was captured by a boat of onlookers at Riverfront Park. Saturday according to the report of the Alabama Police Department.
A third video reveals that after the riverboat docked, numerous passengers confronted the pontoon boat group, resulting in another confrontation until police officers from the Alabama Police Department intervened.
Authorities from the Alabama Police Department have not identified the employee or suspects mentioned in the warrants.
Christa Owen, a witness, told ABC News on Monday that the individuals who attacked the dock worker did so after being repeatedly ordered to move the pontoon boat because it was blocking the ferry from docking.
Owen stated that after the owners “refused,” the dock worker who worked on her boat stepped off the ferry and attempted to move the pontoon boat, preventing Owen’s group from docking from their dinner cruise.
In the report released by the Alabama Police Department, when several more individuals joined in and attacked the employee, who was punched and kicked while on the ground, the conflict erupted.
“Help the brother!” shouts a spectator filming the melee.
One individual is seen swimming to the dock to help the worker who is being attacked. Onlookers intervened and pushed the individuals away from the worker, who is then seen rising up and heading down the dock on his own.
The Alabama Police Department is furthering its investigation into this intolerable action so that people who were involved will be given a corresponding punishment.
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