Attacked a black dock worker. Authorities are about to update us on their investigation and we are live in montgomery next. Also happening this hour, biden is expected to announce is new National Monument at the grand canyon that will block, among other things, uranium mining. And Senior Western officials tell me that the update on ukraines counteroffensive they are receiving are more and more sobering. We are going to tell you whats behind the slow progress on the battlefield. We are following major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to Cnn News Central. Here in moments we are going to hear from Law Enforcement in montgomery, alabama, for an update on their investigation into that ugly Waterfront Brawl that went viral on social media. It started on saturday when a group of white boaters appeared to attack a black dock worker over a boat, their boat, that was parked in the wrong place. And this led to a huge fight there on the dock, disturbing footage of the inci
More charges could be on the way, but for now, three white men have been charged with assault in the third degree for allegedly attacking a black boat cocaptain in a fight that quickly morphed into an Ugly Riverside Brawl in alabama this weekend. Videos of the incident went viral. And it showed fighting broke down largely along racial lines. But last hour, police in montgomery said, none of the actions they have investigated so far have met the threshold for hate crime charges. Heres cnns ryan young who was at the Press Conference where we just learned a whole lot. And, ryan, i know that you have been speaking to officials there. Youve been speaking to witnesses. What are they telling you . Reporter yeah, absolutely. After talking to mayor reed, its pretty clear here everyone in the city was shocked. This is obviously a place a lot of people like to enjoy on the weekends. The video has obviously shocked the nation as its gone viral. We do believe the suspects theyre looking for are in
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allegedly attacking a black boat co-captain in a fight that quickly morphed into an ugly riverside brawl in alabama this weekend. videos of the incident went viral. and it showed fighting broke down largely along racial lines. but last hour, police in montgomery said, none of the actions they have investigated so far have met the threshold for hate crime charges. here s cnn s ryan young who was at the press conference where we just learned a whole lot. and, ryan, i know that you have been speaking to officials there. you ve been speaking to witnesses. what are they telling you? reporter: yeah, absolutely. after talking to mayor reed, it s pretty clear here everyone in the city was shocked. this is obviously a place a lot of people like to enjoy on the weekends. the video has obviously shocked the nation as it s gone viral. we do believe the suspects they re looking for are in selma, alabama, those arrests should happen soon.
the area that s cordoned off, as well as the large poles that the boat ties off to. and, you know, what we do is the harrier is parked there all the time, that boat is out there all the time, the individuals that utilize that river and that dock are very familiar with where that larger vessel is required to dock because of the mooring that s set up, as well as the gangplank areas that needs to be utilized to get those passengers on and off the vessel. all right. you re listening there to police chief darryl albert talking about this brawl that we saw happen in montgomery, alabama, there on the dock and explaining what had happened which has now been pretty well-reported but this is really the beginning of the violence of it. these are private boat owners and their family members attacking a boat co-captain. this was a boat co-captain who had gone from a steamboat that