![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/alabama-boat-co-captain-just-doing-his-job-after-being-ganged-up-on-in-mass-brawl/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2_Screen-Shot-2023-08-09-at-104246-AMjpeg-1.jpg&description=Damieon Pickett, the co-captain of a riverboat in Montgomery, Alabama, has said in a written police statement that he was hanging on 'for dear life' when he was attacked during a brawl An Alabama boat captain who was attacked during a viral brawl last weekend has said he was holding on for "dear life" but was "just doing his job" as punches came his way. Damieon Pickett is the co-captain of the Harriott II, a riverboat in Montgomery. He told police in a handwritten statement to authorities included in court documents that he was attacked after moving a pontoon boat a few feet so the city-owned riverboat could dock. Four white boaters have been charged with misdemeanor assault in the attack against Pickett, who is Black, as well as a teen deckhand, 16, who was punched and is white. The deckhand's mother heard a racial slur before Pickett was hit, she wrote in a statement. The deckhand had gone with Pickett to move the pontoon boat. His mother, who was also on the Harriott, said in a statement to police that her son tried to pull the men off Pickett and was punched in the chest. For all the latest news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US Police said they consulted with the FBI and determined what happened on the riverfront did not qualify as a hate crime. Montgomery Mayor Steven Reed, the city's first Black mayor, said he will trust the investigative process, but said his "perspective as a Black man in Montgomery differs from my perspective as mayor". He added: "From what we've seen from the history of our city - a place tied to both the pain and the progress of this nation - it seems to meet the moral definition of a crime fuelled by hate, and this kind of violence cannot go unchecked. "It is a threat to the durability of our democracy, and we are grateful to our law enforcement professionals, partner organisations and the greater community for helping us ensure justice will prevail." Pickett told police that the captain had asked a group){kind=link}
Damieon Pickett, the co-captain of a riverboat in Montgomery, Alabama, has said in a written police statement that he was hanging on ‘for dear life’ when he was attacked during a brawl
An Alabama boat captain who was attacked during a viral brawl last weekend has said he was holding on for “dear life” but was “just doing his job” as punches came his way.
Damieon Pickett is the co-captain of the Harriott II, a riverboat in Montgomery. He told police in a handwritten statement to authorities included in court documents that he was attacked after moving a pontoon boat a few feet so the city-owned riverboat could dock.
Four white boaters have been charged with misdemeanor assault in the attack against Pickett, who is Black, as well as a teen deckhand, 16, who was punched and is white. The deckhand’s mother heard a racial slur before Pickett was hit, she wrote in a statement.
The deckhand had gone with Pickett to move the pontoon boat. His mother, who was also on the Harriott, said in a statement to police that her son tried to pull the men off Pickett and was punched in the chest.