*Stephanie Mills has offered to do a charity concert for the “heroes” involved in the #MeleeInMontgomery over the weekend who may have legal fees.
As EUR previously reported, the chaos unfolded on the Montgomery Riverfront Saturday evening when a group of white people refused a Black dock worker’s request to move their pontoon boat from a space reserved for the city’s riverboat.
The viral video shows a confrontation between the worker and the white males before several whites attack the employee. Bystanders were quick to rush in to help the Black man, including a “heroic” young man named Aaren, who swam across a river.
Mills reposted a video of the altercation, which was soundtracked with Sam Cook’s “A Change Gonna Come.” The soul singer captioned the clip: “In Montgomery, Alabama. These thugs jumped a black men, who was just doing his job. My manager @ampharris sent me this. He added the music. I don’t condone violence, however there are exceptions. I will go do a charity concert for the heroes with legal fees. I stand with us.”
Check out her full Twitter post below:
In Montgomery, Alabama. These thugs jumped a black men, who was just doing his job. My manager @ampharris sent me this. He added the music. I don’t condone violence, however there are exceptions. I will go do a charity concert for the heroes with legal fees. I stand with us✊???? pic.twitter.com/WI0XsvZQsn
— Stephanie Mills (@PrettyMill1) August 7, 2023
One of the white males involved in the chaos is speaking out as his mini-mart is being it with a wave of negative reviews online.
The Vasser’s Mini Mart owned by Chase Shipman is roughly 50 miles away from where violence erupted over the weekend, TMZ reports. The store has received over 300 1-star reviews since Saturday’s brawl, with many calling the owner “racist,” “liar,” and “gross.”
Following the violent incident, many were arrested (including the group of white thugs), and Shipman took to social media to deny being involved.
“I am sure most of you have seen the news about the riverboat incident. Yes, I was there but I was the first to try to get away,” Shipman wrote via his business Facebook page, RadarOnline.com reports. “You can see in the video I attached, and I do not condone what happened.”
“I tried to stop it and realized that I could not, so I tried to get away,” Shipman continued. “There is a video of me being the first to run away because what was happening was wrong and I did not want to be a part of it. I realize I have a business to run and represent and no charges were filed against me because I was not involved.”
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