Alabama brawl: Hate crime and inciting riot charges discussed with DA, assault charges ‘appropriate,’ police say

Discussing a brawl in Alabama on Saturday involving a Black dock worker attacked by a group of white people who refused to move their illegally parked pontoon boats from his designated spot, Montgomery police chief Darryl Albert said they’ve worked closely on the case with the local FBI saying, “We did examine if there was enough to file hate crimes charges on this case. We’ve also looked at what it takes to elevate this to a riot or incite a riot. We’ve worked with our local district attorney and it didn’t fit the criteria for that,” adding the assault charges they’ve laid are “appropriate.”