Black Co-Captain Attacked in Wild Montgomery Dock Brawl Now Faces Assault Charge
The Black riverboat co-captain who went viral for his valiant efforts to fight off a group of white boaters in Alabama in August has been charged by the city of Montgomery with third-degree assault.
According to city court records, a complaint against Dameion Pickett, who has a scheduled court appearance on Nov. 21, was brought by 25-year-old Zachery Shipman, one of the four people charged with hitting Pickett as a brawl broke out on the dock. The other three were Richard Roberts, 48; Allen Todd, 23; and Mary Todd, 21.
Pickett and a 16-year-old white male were originally deemed the victims in the viral incident by the Montgomery Police Department.