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The Black boat captain who was the victim of wild dockside brawl, will now also be charged in connection to the Alabama melee captured in viral footage , officials said Thursday. Dameion Pickett, whom police have identified as co-captain of the Harriott II riverboat, was charged with third-degree assault and ordered to appear before a judge on Nov. 21, a Montgomery court clerk said. Footage showed Pickett appearing to argue with boaters asking them to make way for his craft on Aug. 5.
Pickett’s family said they've been told that this charge stems from police believing the captain punched another man, Zachary Shipman. Shipman is claiming he 'had nothing to do with' the brawl and was trying to stop one of his friends from fighting, according to the captain's sister, Nicole Pickett. Shipman, though, is being charged with assault in the third degree, according to a court clerk.
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