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Alabama Brawl: Police Issue Arrest Warrants After White Boaters Attacked Black Dockworker

HeadlineAug 08, 2023

Police in Montgomery, Alabama, have issued four arrest warrants after a group of white boaters attacked a Black dockworker who told them to move their illegally parked boat. Cellphone video showed the brawl escalated when a group of men came to defend the dockworker. A 16-year-old, who was dubbed Black Aquaman on TikTok, where the video first went viral, was seen swimming across the river to aid the dockworker.

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