Montgomery Brawl

The Harriett II is a riverboat that cruises the Alabama River and docks in Montgomery. When the Harriett II tried to dock in its place on the Montgomery riverfront Saturday night, a pontoon boat was in its place. The co-captain, Damien Pickett, had either asked the owners of the pontoon boat to move it, or he had moved it himself by a few feet. From there, a brawl ensued.

Several white people jumped and attacked Pickett, who is black. From there, a battle ensued that was mostly along racial lines. Someone got punched and fell into the river. Someone jumped off the Harriett II and swam to help Pickett. A white lady got hit in the head with a folding chair like it was Friday Night Smackdown. There have been three arrests and folding chair memes are sweeping the nation faster than you can hit a white lady in the head with a folding chair.

Alabama has been on a roll lately over racism. The state that told Rosa Parks to sit in the back of the bus and hosted the Selma race riots is showing it hasn’t progressed much.

A town in Alabama won’t let a black man assume the mayorship he won. The state legislature is ignoring an order from the Supreme Court and is refusing to create a second congressional district with a black majority.

A lot of white people in Alabama don’t want to give black people equal voting rights, allow a black man to become mayor after he wins an election, or give up a docking spot to the black person it belongs to.

Be careful, Alabama, because the next time you tell someone to take a back seat, they might hit you with it.

Creative note: I wrote this idea last night and then this morning, I worked on two others until I finally came back to the first one. It was like I had to try with the other two before I could convince myself this was the idea to go with. You’ll see them in the next batch of roughs.

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