Authorities are investigating a racially charged fight that was caught on video between members of a neo-Nazi prison gang and a mixed-race family in Texas.
The Texas Observer reported that a group of ten family members and friends were tubing on the San Marcos River in the town of Martindale on June 22 for a birthday celebration when several members of a white supremacist gang confronted and physically attacked them.
Footage obtained by the Observer shows several people, both Black and white, brawling in a river in front of numerous bystanders. Viewers can see some people throwing punches and shoving people into the water.
In the moments leading up to the attack, the neo-Nazi group started harassing and quarreling with the family, according to witness reports. Someone was heard calling a biracial teenager using a rope swing at the river, “Tarzan.”
A verbal argument ensued between the neo-Nazi group and the family. One family member put their hands up to try to calm the situation, but someone ran into her and shoved her into the water, starting the melee. In the chaos, someone was reportedly heard shouting, “White power!”
In a now-deleted Reddit post, one victim described how the members of the “neo-nazi gang” had “swastika” tattoos and “other nazi symbols” on their bodies. The victims told the Observer that one person suffered a concussion, facial swelling, and a bruised retina, resulting in partial vision loss, and another received a bruised eye during the fight.
Despite numerous people being involved in the attack, police arrested only one of the alleged assailants, who was part of the gang. He was charged with misdemeanor assault causing bodily injury that was classified in the police report as a gang-related crime motivated by “Anti-Multi-Racial Group” bias.
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