After a massive fight broke out at the Montgomery Riverfront docks Saturday, many news outlets have been suggesting the brawlers were racially motivated despite statements and evidence to the contrary. After the Harriott II docked, another melee broke out between other crewmembers of the Harriott II and the pontoon boaters. Since Pickett is a black man, and the pontoon operators were white, many in the media have insisted the melee was racially motivated. The Harriott II captain swiftly dismissed any notion that the fight was a "black and white thing" in a Monday radio interview. "The fight largely broke down along racial lines in a city with a fraught history of racial violence," one CNN story read.

Source: Washington Post August 09, 2023 18:48 UTC