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Montgomery Riverboat brawl prompts national discussion about race

We get the latest on the fallout from the weekend’s brawl in Montgomery, Alabama. Police have charged three white men with assaulting a Black security guard, but say their actions don’t fit legal requirements for a hate crime.

Here & Now‘s Robin Young speaks with Kellie Carter Jackson, associate professor at Wellesley College who has been writing about this.

 

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