Three white men have been charged with assaulting a Black riverboat captain in Montgomery, Alabama over the weekend. The attack sparked a fight that was captured on video and shared widely on social media.
over the weekend. The attack sparked a fight that was captured on video and shared widely on social media. , and accompanying arrest warrants, at a press conference Tuesday, Aug. 8. The three suspects were identified as Richard Roberts, 48, Allen Todd, 23, and Zachery Shipman, 25. Roberts was hit with two counts of third-degree assault, while Todd and Shipman were hit with one count of third-degree assault each . Roberts has already turned himself in to authorities in Selma, Alabama.
Albert also singled out another person of interest, Reggie Gray, 42, a Black man seen in several videos appearing to hit people with a folding chair. A warrant hasn’t officially been issued for Gray, though Albert said authorities are asking him “to contact local law enforcement” because “there are more interviews for us to conduct with him.”
The riverfront brawl, which took place on Saturday, Aug. 5, garnered national attention both because of the plethora of videos shared online, but also the distinct racial dynamics of the fight (not to mention Montgomery’s own
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