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Shocking video footage shows the moment a mass brawl broke out between a group of white and black people at an Alabama riverfront, with one woman getting beaten across the head with a chair.
A witness claimed the fight started with an argument over a pontoon boat that was blocking the dock where a riverboat was trying to moor.
Video shared on social media shows horrifying scenes of violence spill over, with sides seemingly divided over racial lines - although it is not yet clear whether the melee was racially aggravated.
Men are seen gouging eyes and hurling punches to each others’ heads, while one woman lies stricken on the floor as a man smashes a chair across her head in a vicious assault.
One man is even seen swimming across from the other side of the river to join the fracas.