#Montgomery riverboat brawl

[epitomeofreal81]

[shanneltarot]

Montgomery Riverfront Boat Dock Brawl 2023 Tarot Reading | Black History Class #Montgomery #BlackTwitter #Trending #entertainment https://youtu.be/Sa2EYYyrjVA

[burnt-scone]

Just saw people asking about the River Boat/ Montgomery Brawl, and I didn't realize that not everybody knew about that. America wise, but I'm also from 'Bama.

It was originally mentioned because the one year anniversary was five days ago. August 5th, 2023, was the day. A family parked their pontoon boat on the Riverfront Dock, which is to only be used by the River Boats. A Captain went over to them and informed them they couldn't hitch their boat there.

The (I believe 7) members of the family attacked the captain, and he threw his hat up in the air as he prepared to defend himself and before it dropped locals were down on the dock and passengers of the river boat had jumped into the water to help. The members of the family continued the attack trying to brutally assault those defending the Captain, even the grandmother tried to stomp a woman's head in, to which she received a folding chair to the back of the head, well deserved.

The police arrived, and now an important side note, this dock has a history. The dock that was originally there on that Riverfront on the Alabama was used by the Slave Patrol. They would bring in enslaved people who had attempted to gain freedom. A lot of times, those people were put to death if not sent back to their ensalvers. The Slave Patrol is now the Police. They didn't even change the badge or rules much. It's the same department. On another side note, the family who illegally hitched their boat and then assaulted the Captain are upper middle-class White folks and the Captain and the majority of the citizens in his community who defended him were Black. . The cops on August 5th, 2023, did not betray their community. They helped seize and arrest the family defending citizens. They shut down the situation without escalation.

One of the younger members (all adults) tried swimming the river to get away from being arrested and was very quickly caught, and he somehow broke, like shredded, his Crocs. I still have no idea how he managed it.

Also, sadly, Folding Chair Man was arrested, but because he was defending a woman who could have been murdered if he didn't step in, he was given a suspended sentence and community service. Which just means he is or was on probation. Honestly, he is an Alabama hero in my eyes.

This is an important moment, for it took place where in the past the same department who originally committed horrible acts on that same exact spot now defended the innocent. And acts of defending yourself were not punished when in the past people have been killed for defending themselves bare handed.

It also showed how strong community can be and how we can come together to defend each other in times of need. The people that day showed up at literally the drop of a hat. I'd like it to be seen as that, "The day community came together at the drop of a hat."

My state has a dark history, but this was a very hopeful step in history. And I genuinely hope it influences the future. The police claim they want to defend the people. It was done right on August 5th, 2023.

Now, you can also search for videos of the day. I think by now, mostly on Twitter, Tiktok took down a lot for the violence, which is where most videos were originally posted. You can also Google the situation and look at legal stuff. Like the mugshots of the family and the public court info.

There has also been art made (music and illustrations) honoring the day from many impressive artists.

[sbrown82]

Beat they ass…but make it fashion!

[benchpressingbanlikeyou2]

General synopsis of the greatest piece of cinema of 2023 🔥🔥

[inkher0]

What happened in Alabam?

I'm glad you asked, because I've been going insane about it.

So basically, it's an average Sunday evening at the Montgomery Boat docks. There's this group of white people with a boat parked in the way of the river ferry. River ferry can't pull into port with it in the way, so the black security guard REPEATEDLY tells them to move their boat. Eventually, one of the white guys in the group tackles this man and starts to fight him. Black security guard throws his hat up and squares up. Soon, though, black security guard is outnumbered 4 to 1. These white men, in front of over a hundred people, start to literally beat a black man to death for doing his job. All seems bleak. We've seen this happen before, too often now to count.

Until you see one boy (fondly dubbed "Aquamayne") swimming from the ferry to the dock to help him. Then you see more black men bolting to join the fight from the platforms above the docks. Then you see the ferry pull in, and three shirtless black dudes march off that ferry with an ARMY of black people behind them, men and women alike. Suddenly, this 4v1 is a 54v8, and EVERY member of the white group gets their asses whooped.

The cops are there, but it's so intense, they can't do anything to stop it. They literally Just Watch. One man appears, wielding a folding chair. The Chair is rated "E" for Everyone. One woman falls down after getting smacked, and he cracks that shit over her head like she was a poached egg.

Everything about it is a triumph. It was a moment where a black man was in trouble, and the whole of Black America came to his rescue.

All the videos are on instagram, if you want to see the chaos. I'm sure you find it under "riverboat brawl" or something like that.

[n0thingiscool]

The Montgomery Riverboat memes do not disappoint.

[reasoningdaily]

[k3mistryproductions]

K3mistry News Brief 📰

The Montgomery Brawl

The following speaks on the August 5th melee in Montgomery, Alabama.

Narrated by: J. Stokes

See more here: https://linktr.ee/K3mistryProductions

[xtrablak674]

Catching Hands, Feet and Chairs

To be honest I don't really fucks with reality TV, especially those programs started by whyte folks where Black people commit violence and hostility towards each other for the benefit of views. Outside of RPDR which I left years ago for Mr. Charles problematic new behavior as someone with new-found wealth, I didn't have any of this unscripted drama in my life. I felt this was better for the soul. In the same vain I had forgone watching the systematic violence that police et al performed on Black bodies. My mental health was tentative on a good day, I didn't need that poison taking up residence in my head.

But yesterday while Tumbling, a video showed up in my feed, it seemed to be some ClipClock footage showing some kind of brawl. And listening to NPR at that time I hadn't heard of any news that correlated to what I was seeing, so I just thought it was some random occurrence. It would be later that I would hear about the brawl by an Alabaman boat dock started of course by some obstinate whyte folks.

I will readily admit, when it started to auto-play I truly didn't know what I was watching. Some Black dude wearing something that clearly looked like a uniform threw his hat in the air and these white thugs were attacking him. I was like #WTF is going on, and truly I wanted to pull myself away but like a well-crafted drama it kept getting better. Another person who was initially out of frame seemed to be running to this brother's rescue. I was aghast because these white terrorist were beating this man like he had no one who loved him.

What was taking me out was the background comments from the onlookers who were clearly also Black, you can hear their outrage and more and more quickly responded to the ongoing melee happening on this dock, including one young blood who literally jumped in the water and swam over to assist his skin-folks. I saw sisters wearing traditional summer-wear the long dresses that Black womens love to wear, come on down to let the Karen's know, NOT TODAY KAREN! #👊🏿

I had mixed feelings of bemusement, shame, pride, anger and satisfaction as I saw these clearly entitled whyte folks catch hands, feet and chairs! Seriously this has been the highlight of two-thousand and twenty three in my humble opinion. All the shenanigans going on in this country it felt like a societal releasing of steam, as these Black hands rose up to defend one of our own. I felt such solidarity with everyone there and the feelings of being sick and tired of being sick and tired. I realize that the whytes are also human beings, but I think I am not alone in feeling like they think they should take up all the oxygen not leaving any for anyone else. That any space that they occupy is obviously and naturally theirs!

Trust, I am not even mad at chair-guy beating some sense into those whyte skulls and I know that collectively we will protect his identity irregardless of the authorities pursuit of him. These people inadvertently were expressing the frustration we all have every day for the micro-aggressions, the unapproved loans, the unsigned lease, the job not awarded, the raise that never came, the promotion that went to someone else, to the missing that were never found, to using our pain as a tool in some political game. We're done! And this even for a moment was a healthy way to let of some steam off and beat the ass of the figure-head of white supremacy!

[Graphic by Brown estate based on a saying heard in the elementary school yard]

[covergirlnay]

August’s photo for the calendar has been solidified 😂🧢 8/5/23

[artracrafts]

🧢 When the hat goes up, the chairs are coming down 🪑

[rebel-girl-queen-of-my-world]

It’s like the dude at the bottom was like “going viral in 3…2…”

[inkher0]

Now ya'll know I had to make a playlist

[angelindiskies]

celebrating unity