Police arrested a man and detained several individuals after a physical melee broke out inside a cruise ship terminal in Galveston, Texas, on Saturday.
The Port of Galveston Police Department said it responded to a call on April 26 regarding an altercation at Cruise Terminal 25 as passengers were disembarking.
“U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained several individuals,” Port of Galveston Police Department spokesperson Kathryn Thomas told NTD, a sister publication of The Epoch Times, in an email. “Port police arrested and charged one individual.”
The man was charged with injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual, according to Thomas.
The Galveston County Jail declined to comment until the individual’s name is released.
The debarking passengers had just completed a cruise to the Caribbean aboard the Carnival Jubilee, according to a person who posted a video of the incident on social media.
NTD reached out to Ray for comment but did not receive a response by publication time.
Carnival Cruise Lines said it had placed 24 people on its “do not sail” list following the incident.
“It is not temporary,” Carnival told NTD when asked about the ban.
“The incident occurred in the debarkation area under the authority of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol,” Carnival said in an email. “The matter was turned over to law enforcement. We will not tolerate such behavior.”
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol did not respond to a request for comment by publication time.
Justin Alexander, a cruise ship social media influencer since 2018, said he’s never surprised when there’s fighting on a cruise ship.
“People start drinking and they get into their emotions,“ Alexander told NTD by phone. ”Mix that with multiple demographics and multiple cultures that have different upbringings and different meanings for what’s considered disrespect.”
Alexander, who cruises up to 30 times a year on various ships and posts reviews on his YouTube channel “The Ship Life,” said he was surprised, however, that that this incident happened in the terminal “because it creates a potential national security [breach].”
“Carnival’s one of my favorite lines,” Alexander added. “It’s an average Joe cruise line. You see normal people there.”
