For reasons evident only to herself, a woman backed the 13-year-old into a corner and shouted,
On Sept. 6, Kassidy Jones got out of school. While walking home, she and her friends decided to stop at a McDonald’s in Harbor City in Los Angeles. According to Fox 11 out of Los Angeles, while Kassidy was at the restaurant, an adult woman approached her. For reasons evident only to herself, the woman backed Kassidy into a corner and shouted, “What the F are y’all looking at? I fight kids. I fight you.” The woman proceeded to beat Kassidy and pull her hair. The teen eventually ended up on the floor with the woman pummeling her. At some point, a man who may have accompanied the woman pulls her off. There was no motive for the attack, and Kassidy does not know her assailant. CBS Los Angeles reports that there was a protest outside of the McDonald’s over the weekend. Civil rights activist Najee Ali, who is the Director of Project Islamic Hope, was on hand and issued a statement:
The family and community leaders are calling for the immediate arrest of this woman and criminal charges to be filed against adult McDonald’s employees who had an obligation under the law to intervene or call police to stop the beating. AB 1422, The Sherrice Iverson Law, makes it a crime for adults not to help or call police when a child is being brutally beaten or sexually assaulted. (sic)
Police have no leads, but if the woman is caught, she will be charged with abuse and battery.
Aside from Kassidy talking to the TV station and the police, there is plenty of cellphone footage of the attack. Because, as people are wont to do in this day and age, it is much more appealing to film a crime than to step in and stop one.
