The viral brawl between black cruise crew and white recreational boat owners on an Alabama dock has sparked ridicule online after the footage quickly spread.
In shocking scenes, the two groups panicked on the Montgomery riverbank — with one man even hitting a woman on the head with a chair.
But while millions of people have been mystified by the ugly scenes, some have seen the funny side and used it to create an avalanche of memes.
One of the most watched was a hilarious take on the fight in the style of a comic fight, satirizing the protagonists as characters – including a guard who appeared to strike the first blow and a man who swam the river to join the action.
While some made light of the apparent racial divides in the skirmish, others opted to recreate the scuffle with their friends – with one group visiting the location themselves to get a glimpse of the now-iconic chair that was used in the battle. used.
The hilarious take on the brawl left the protagonists satisfied, including a man who hit someone with a chair called ‘Chairmageddon’
An avalanche of memes was spawned by the viral images, with the man who swam across the river gaining online fame and being dubbed ‘Aquaman’s incarnate’
With nearly 250,000 views in less than a day, the comedic clip of the brawl as a cartoon fight quickly gained traction after it was posted to Twitter.
The video begins with the black guard taking on one of the owners of the white party boat, stopping just as he takes off his hat so as not to lose him in the scrum to label him as “Hat Man: Attacks at the drop or…’
As the fighting escalated, one of the cruise staff members threw herself into the water and swam across the river to throw herself into the collision.
His exploits have seen him widely praised online, with the compilation citing him as ‘Aquaman’s incarnate’ and ‘Barnacle Boy’.
Shortly after the wild scenes spread on social media, many noticed the man hit a fellow skipper on the head with a white folding chair.
The as-yet-unidentified assailant was dubbed ‘Chairmageddon’ in the hilarious clip, while three shirtless men who stormed down the wharf to join the protracted brawl were branded ‘The Tugboat Triad’.
In another hilarious response to the fight, a group claimed they would go back to the dock the next day to take a picture with the chair, leading one person to joke that the statue should be “in a Black History Museum now.” to hang.
A viral video saw a group hilariously recreating the riverside brawl at a swimming pool
Social media has been awash with comic take on the brawl, with another group mimicking the fight at the wharf next to a swimming pool.
The men even depicted the drunkenness evident among the dozens of people who got into the fight.
Just as the original fight went viral, the men’s clip was viewed millions of times as numerous accounts spread it online.
And while many joked that they “can’t be serious” for the skit, they were praised for hilariously recreating the brawl. At one point, someone dives across the pool to join the fake fracas.
Many of the memes also focused on the apparent racial divides in the clash.
While no evidence has been found of racial motives behind the fighting, many on the internet were quick to note how the two sides seemed to segregate between white and black.
One person noted that the inventor of the folding chair, Nathaniel Alexander, was a black man.
They joked that he was “obviously a visionary who could see into the future,” as his invention aided one of the black warriors in the brawl 112 years later.
Also among the plethora of hilarious memes was a clip of the man swimming across the river to join the brawl.
They named the clip after Marvin Gaye’s classic hit “Ain’t no mountain high enough,” saying the swimmer was “if ain’t no river wide enough was a person.”
One person joked that the inventor of the folding chair, a black man named Nathaniel Alexander, could “see into the future” as his invention helped one of the black warriors 112 years later
Another meme saw someone take a clip of the man swimming across the river to join the brawl, which they named after Marvin Gaye’s classic hit “Ain’t No Mountain High Enough”
An avalanche of memes spawned in response to the viral brawl
It comes after the wild brawl broke out Saturday night in Montgomery, Alabama, with new footage capturing the moment a black man punched a white skipper as the frenzied scenes continued around them.
The newly emerged angle, taken from the cruise, shows an unidentified black man repeatedly hitting a white man with a white chair.
Despite the shocking violence, Montgomery police told DailyMail.com they have not made any arrests and are not releasing names as of Monday.
“There are currently 4 active arrest warrants and there is a possibility that more will follow after review of additional video,” police said.
Reports indicate it may have started after an argument over docking, and another angle of the fight saw a man heard shouting “don’t fuck with the riverboat crew” through a megaphone.
The large group of people had returned to the dock after spending time on the Harriott II Riverboat, but after they returned, the space reserved for them had been taken by a boat owner who parked and abandoned his ship.
The riverboat sent a member of staff to the wharf to untie the smaller vessel so that those on board could return to land if fighting broke out.