April 22nd, 2011

Brutal Maryland McDonalds Assault On Woman Ends In Apparent Seizure: Controversy Surrounds Incident (Video)

Posted by: Barry Secrest
Published on April 22nd, 2011 @ 11:05:24 pm , using 351 words

Posted in Events and Issues: Credible Resources

Fast Food violence? or is it something else.....

The Smoking Gun

A McDonald’s worker has taken credit for filming and uploading to YouTube the latest viral video to capture a brutal assault at a fast food restaurant.

The employee, identified as Vernon Hackett on social network accounts, posted the video clip to his YouTube page earlier this week. According to his Facebook page, the 22-year-old Hackett, pictured at right, has worked for McDonald's since September 2009.

The April 18 assault, seen below, took place at a McDonald’s location on Kenwood Avenue in Rosedale, Maryland, a Baltimore suburb. According to the Baltimore County Police Department, a 14-year-old girl has been charged as a juvenile in connection with the assault, while charges are pending against an 18-year-old woman. “The incident remains under investigation and the State’s Attorney’s Office is reviewing the case,” added investigators.

Police have identified the assault victim as a 22-year-old woman "who appeared to be having a seizure" when officers arrived at the McDonald's at around 8 PM.

A manager at the Rosedale McDonald’s said she was “not allowed to speak to a reporter." In a corporate statement this afternoon, McDonald’s said it was “shocked by the video from a Baltimore franchise,” and called the incident “unacceptable, disturbing and troubling.” The firm added, “We are working with the franchisee and the local authorities to investigate this matter.”

As seen above, in a Facebook posting, Hackett has contended that the woman seen getting beaten in the video was actually a male cross-dresser who got into a confrontation with female patrons when he refused to leave the women’s bathroom at the Baltimore eatery. Hackett claimed that the victim faked a seizure and, when cops arrived at the restaurant, “he got right up.”

Hackett did not reply to TSG messages sent to his Twitter and Facebook pages, which he subsequently deleted late this morning. He also has deleted his YouTube channel.

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Comment from: Michelle L. [Visitor]

To Mr. Hacket; That's called crossdressing and that's what a lot of transgender people do because they identify as the other gender. Many of them are born with the correct "parts" and they have every right to use any restroom they please. "Getting mouthy" was probably actually self-defense against the ten-times-mouthier women attacking her, and none of these things justified the beating. You are basically saying here that it's OK for the women to do what they did, but in the real world, this is called a Hate Crime. As for the seizure, most seizures only last 4-5 minutes and it probably took at least that long for the cops to arrive. You and your coworkers, along with the two women, are embarrassments to your employer and to American society. Please educate yourselves.

04/23/11 @ 14:47

Comment from: Amy A. [Visitor]

What those women did were wrong. Very wrong. And all 3 of them. I am in no way advocating a hate crime, not at all. I think those 2 women should definitely be prosecuted to the highest point for what they did. There was absolutely no reason to be violent to him/her. But as a parent, whether you want to be a female or not, whether you're wearing a dress or pants, I still would be very uncomfortable with someone who has a penis in the woman's bathroom while my kids and I are in there. There is a reason the male and females' bathrooms are separate. With that being said, those women should've just left the bathroom until they felt comfortable. And being a cross-dresser or a trans gender, she should've known that there might have been some uncomfortableness with that action, especially with kids around! But he still did not deserve what has happened to him in no way.

04/26/11 @ 12:53

Comment from: cristina coffman [Visitor]

I went online to Corporate McDonald's, to say I would NEVER patronize any McDonalds again, if Ole Vern and the Mgr. aren't terminated. Then in the 'required fields', it wouldn't let me put anything. Therefore, I can't submit it to them. Pretty convenient. This was a hate crime and they SHOULD all be prosecuted. I am neither white nor black, but what is wrong is wrong!

04/27/11 @ 16:47

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