Posted on 06/26/2014 12:25:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Authorities in South Jersey are searching for a McDonald's employee caught on video violently beating a young mother in front of her toddler.
A 54-second long video, recorded by an on-looker and posted to the internet, shows a woman, wearing a red McDonald's uniform, briefly exchanging words with the victim in a grassy area in Salem City, New Jersey. Moments later, she throws the young mother to the ground, sits on top of her and unleashes a series of punches to the victim's face and chest.
Motorcyclist Parks Legally, Still Issued 15 Tickets in 3 Months "Mommy!" the victim's young son cries as the beating happens just inches from him. The boy tries kicking the attacker several times to get her to stop, but the punches continue to fly.
The attacker then gets up and kicks the woman in the lower back before threatening the boy.
"You better get your son before I kick him in the [expletive] face too," she screams.
The fast food worker then shouts at the woman about an issue she had at her job.
"It's not over...you almost made me lose my job," the attacker says before spitting on her and walking away.
As the entire attack takes place, several other people look on and do not intervene.
Salem City Police Chief John Pelura, III said his department learned of the incident, which took place on Tuesday, shortly after it happened. Officers were called to victim's home at a nearby apartment complex finding her badly bloodied.
The suspect, identified by police as 25-year-old Latia Harris, allegedly accused the woman of spreading rumors about her and her restaurant manager. The beating took place in a field next to the Salem City McDonald's along East Broadway, police said.
A manager at the Salem City McDonald's said she could not comment on the matter.
Harris, who is not yet in police custody, has been charged with Aggravated Assault and two counts of Making Terroristic Threats. Police say she has not shown up to work at the fast food restaurant since the assault and that her last known address was vacant.
As for the people who recorded the incident and did not intervene, Pelura said he's disgusted by their actions.
"There is a moral and social breakdown in the fabric of our society which is clearly evident when a woman gets pummeled in broad daylight in front of her child while a dozen people pull out their phones to record the incident instead of calling for help," he said in a statement. "There is so little regard for human life - by the actor and the bystanders."
Salem City is about 30 miles west of Vineland and 40 miles southwest of Camden.
I bet if there is an archive of old FR posts dating back six years, the headlines are nothing like today’s! We have become desensitized to it all. Nothing is surprising in the news. . .just another incident. . .just another day. America has been taken over by a bunch of inhumane thugs!
People who are stuck at minimum wage jobs don’t usually have the capacity to think too far ahead, that is why they are stuck at minimum wage jobs.
Yep. I saw the video. Victim is white. Attacker is black. "Bystanders" are black. Bystanders were actually attacker's cheering section, and probable lookouts.
There will probably be a “it takes a village” philanthropic nut cake wanting attention to coming out of the woodwork soon to come to her aid.
I got the impression upon watching the video that the two women know each other. Also, it is sad to note that the little boy does not really respond like a child who is not used to seeing this sort of violence. I suspect that the real cause of the attack is because of a man that both of them are involved with.
It's good to know that there are others with functioning palates.
If she wants to beat up someone who threatens her job at McDonalds, she should go after Obama, because that woman is NOT worth $15 an hour.
Actually the victim is a light skinned black woman.
I would have never considered her to be black. She just appears to have a dark complection to me.
I thought she appeared to have an Hispanic accent. White Latina? :O)
The article has been updated. Video clips with the victim speaking have been added. Based on her appearance and her accent, I think you might be onto something.
“Speaking on a side note I went to MacDonalds very late the other night on a trip home. Ordered a Big Mac and my God it was awful bad. I had bought just 2 of them no meal deal or drinks and it cost over $8.50. “
Maybe your “meal” had some additional “seasonings” courtesy of your black server or cook. Then again, a Big Mac is mostly sawdust with some fat to stick the patty together. I patronize and In N’ Out Burger that is right next door to a Mickey D’s. The IOB has a line twenty cars long, while the Mickey D’s maybe has one car.
anyway, I think this group has breeded downward....so have many whites as well....
breeding intelligence down is not what civilization is based on...we're supposed to improve not descend..
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