Alabama riverboat brawl explained: What happened and why did the viral fight start? Screenshot via TikTok\/TwitterThe viral brawl that unfolded at a riverfront in Montgomery, Alabama has captured the attention of the internet in recent days, but how did it all start? Here\u2019s what we know. Unless you\u2019ve been living under a rock for the past few days, you\u2019ll have very likely seen the viral riverfront front fight videos that have been shared all around social media. The mass brawl happened in Montgomery, Alabama as boaters from different vessels clashed on the riverfront, and others got involved. New angles from the incident seem to be popping up all the time, with men stepping in \u2013 well, swimming in \u2013 to help a security guard from a 4-on-1 fight. In fact, it\u2019s gone so viral over the last few days that it\u2019s even spawned numerous parodies and led to a host of trending terms on Twitter. But, how did it all start and what\u2019s happened since? Here\u2019s what we know. How did the viral Montgomery Riverfront brawl start? According to the video and those claiming to be eyewitnesses, the brawl started because of an argument between white boaters and a black employee working at the dock. Police have not confirmed if this was the case, only confirming that they were asked to report to a disturbance at around 7 pm on Saturday evening. That\u2019s when they came across the brawl and intervened. Montgomery Mayor Steven L. Reed confirmed that policed detained \u201cseveral reckless individuals for attacking a man who was doing his job\u201d and that police will be investigating the \u201cintolerable actions\u201d further. Has anyone been arrested? The identities of the people involved have, as of writing, not yet been fully confirmed. Though, police have confirmed that the man reported to be a dock worker is, in fact, just that. The initial video was posted to Facebook by a reporter with the Alabama Political Reporter, showing eyewitnesses calling for people to help the dock worker. In subsequent clips posted by other social media users, you can see folding chairs being used like its a professional wrestling match. There are even nicknames for the people involved including Scuba Gooding Jr and Ja\u2019Michael Phelps \u2013 among others. There are also images of people being detained by police, including at least one female, but again, these people haven\u2019t all been named.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Alabama riverboat brawl explained: What happened and why did the viral fight start? Screenshot via TikTok\/TwitterThe viral brawl that unfolded at a riverfront in Montgomery, Alabama has captured the attention of the internet in recent days, but how did it all start? Here\u2019s what we know. Unless you\u2019ve been living under a rock for the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}