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
abby zwerner ran out of the room, she ran into the room and restrained him in police gets to him. again, quote, i shot that expletive dead. i did it. i got my mom s gun last night. we reached the attorney for the money, james ellarson, he said, quote, the child had extreme mental issues and we re working to see if he improves every day. mr. ellarson told me on the phone that the child has been in therapy and there has been improvement showns. we ve also got, brianna, response from the newport news school. some of the information from child protective services and others that they needed to get on this incident at newport schools was not really giving them. but new sport schools said sinc the tragedy, the school has worked closely with police. while they can t not the legal actions, they re working on the safety of all.