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additional steps. reporter: it all began when the black employee was trying to clear the dock space where the riverside cruise, the harriett ii normally docks. the cruiser was about to return to shore and needed its space to dock. you know, just doing his job. and for some reason they didn t like it. they didn t want to move the boat. and he decided to get physical with him. reporter: you can see in the video the black employee on the dock arguing with one of the men from the pontoon boat and then another shirtless white man charging at the employee and hitting him in the face. soon after that, you can see several others join in on the attack of the dock employee. in some of the video, which has gone viral, with millions of views, people on the boat can be heard yelling for someone to go help the employee. and at one point, you can see a young man who jumped off the boat, swimming ashore to help the man who was being attacked. the boat got closer. the guys and the crew members