WSFA 12 News has obtained copies of the co-captain Damien Pickett’s statement, along with another witness statement, in the Montgomery Riverfront brawl.
Three people have turned themselves into police, charged with assault, in the attack that has gone viral.
In Damien Pickett’s statement to MPD, he stated he was on the riverboat with his captain when they noticed a couple of boats close to their docking area. They called on the intercom “at least five or six times” for a black pontoon boat to move, and it never moved. Damien said he could see them “flipping them off” and cursing at them, and he worked with his deckhand, the 16-year-old victim, to help him get to the dock. He said that’s where he was confronted by two men.
“The guy, the one who started it all {Roberts} was choking my sister. I hit him, grabbed her, and turned around, and MPD had a taser in my face. I told him I was attacked and said can I finish my job? Because the back of the boat wasn’t tied.” Damien Pickett said afterward his head was hurting. He went to the hospital to get checked out, and thankfully, in the statement, he said, “no broken bones, just a few bruised ribs, and a lump on his head.” No serious head injuries.
From there, the 16-year-old’s mother said her son came to her on the second deck and “tried to catch his breath,” and that’s when she saw some of the employees fighting too. She said her son had bruised ribs and is hurt.
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