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WATCH: Montgomery Mayor Reacts To Viral Riverfront Fight Amid Four Arrest Warrants And An Ongoing Police Investigation

<p>On Sunday &lpar;Aug&period; 6&rpar;&comma; Montgomery<strong> Mayor Steven Reed <&sol;strong>reacted to the now-viral group fight at the city&&num;8217&semi;s Riverfront&period; The mayor <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;sukihana-forgives-yk-osiris-kiss-attempts&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">released a statement<&sol;a> about the Saturday evening brawl that has led to at least <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsfa&period;com&sol;2023&sol;08&sol;06&sol;montgomery-riverfront-brawl-leads-multiple-arrests&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">four arrest warrants<&sol;a>&comma; per WSFA&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&&num;8220&semi;Last night&comma; the Montgomery Police Department acted swiftly to detain several reckless individuals for attacking a man who was doing his job&comma;&&num;8221&semi; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;twitter&period;com&sol;MayorofMgm&sol;status&sol;1688293851805450240&quest;s&equals;20" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Mayor Reed said&period;<&sol;a> &&num;8220&semi;Warrants are being signed&comma; and justice will be served&period; This is an unfortunate incident which never should have occurred&period; As our police department investigates these intolerable actions&comma; we should not become desensitized to violence of any kind in our community&period; Those who choose violent actions will be held accountable by our criminal justice system&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><amp-instagram data-shortcode&equals;"CvnDmXwJZe9" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"600" data-captioned><&sol;amp-instagram><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Here&&num;8217&semi;s What We Know About The Viral Montgomery Riverfront Fight<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>The Montgomery Police Department &lpar;MPD&rpar; is still working to determine precisely what happened&period; But witnesses claim the group brawl started when a Black male Riverfront employee attempted to get a group of white people&comma; several men and a woman&comma; to move their pontoon boat&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1688194560101396480" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h5 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">RELATED&colon; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;miami-beach-curfew&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">&lpar;VIDEO&rpar; Miami Beach Imposes Curfew After Two Fatal Shootings&comma; Huge Groups Of Rowdy Spring Break Crowds<&sol;a><&sol;h5>&NewLine;<p>The pontoon was reportedly <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;nyc-man-attacked-by-armed-neighbors-in-broad-daylight-allegedly-over-parking-spot-dispute&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">parked in a spot<&sol;a> reserved for the Harriott II Riverboat&comma; which was waiting to dock before the fight broke out&period; According to video footage&comma; the Black employee spoke to several white men regarding the stationary boat&&num;8211&semi;with several exchanges appearing tense&comma; per the hand movements&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Suddenly&comma; a shirtless white man runs up and punches the employee in the face&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The employee reacts by tossing his cap in the air and preparing to swing back&comma; but the same white man punches him again&period; The two <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;louisville-man-reportedly-shoots-roommate-in-the-buttocks-during-fight-over-last-hot-pocket&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">men start tussling<&sol;a> for several seconds before four additional white men run over and start beating the employee&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1688439924528140288" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Initial efforts to de-escalate the fight go unnoticed&period; When <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;peter-thomas-investigation-pay-bar-one-employees-tsr-investigates&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">the employee<&sol;a> is freed and on his feet&comma; several Black onlookers have arrived to assist&period; One man jumped off a nearby boat&comma; swam to the dock&comma; and joined another growing group of Black people&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1688215391766532096" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Montgomery PD officers arrived at about 7 p&period;m&period; local time&comma; per reports&comma; and began detaining people&period; However&comma; several onlookers&comma; including dock workers&comma; had joined the incident&period; After the Riverboat docked&comma; several white people traveling with the pontoon boat crew received pushes&comma; punches&comma; and kicks&period; At least one person was pushed into the water&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>One Black man&&num;8211&semi;now viral for this move&&num;8211&semi;even used a folding chair to smack a white man and white woman above the head&period; Several officers immediately wrestled him to the ground and arrested him&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><amp-twitter data-tweetid&equals;"1688224540503977984" layout&equals;"responsive" width&equals;"600" height&equals;"480"><&sol;amp-twitter><&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3 style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;">Four Arrests Warrants Issued In Montgomery Riverfront Fight&comma; Names Not Yet Released<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear if the white man who threw the first punch and the additional white men who jumped the lone Black employee were part of the group police detained&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>According to WSFA&comma; there were at least four <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;joseline-hernandez-reacts-warrant-battery-officers-florida&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">active warrants<&sol;a> as of Sunday &lpar;Aug&period; 6&rpar;&period; However&comma; there&&num;8217&semi;s the lingering possibility that MPD will issue additional warrants&period; It&&num;8217&semi;s unclear what kind of charges&comma; if any&comma; are on the table at this time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;department-of-justice-civil-rights-investigation-city-memphis-department&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">An <&sol;a>ongoing investigation includes footage review from the public and the area&&num;8217&semi;s surveillance cameras&period; MPD is asking witnesses to submit any videos to starcenter&commat;montgomeryal&period;gov&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Meanwhile&comma; videos from multiple angles and of differing lengths are floating around on social media&period; On X &lpar;formerly Twitter&rpar;&comma; the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;shanquella-robinsons-mother-credits-black-twitter-from-keeping-her-daughters-case-from-going-cold&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener"> Black community<&sol;a>&comma; in particular&comma; has been celebrating the alleged display of unity and defense of the dock worker&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Some are even calling it modern <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;listicle&sol;florida-board-of-education-curriculum-black-history&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank" rel&equals;"noopener">Black history<&sol;a>&period; At the same time&comma; others are taking the jokey jokes a step further&period; One man has even honored the chair used in the fight by putting it on a t-shirt&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; 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