Transgender Woman Severely Beaten at Baltimore McDonalds While Employees Watch

[Shana A]

Transgender Woman Severely Beaten at Baltimore McDonalds While Employees Watch
Filed by: Bil Browning
April 22, 2011 4:00 PM

http://www.bilerico.com/2011/04/transwoman_severely_beaten_at_baltimore_mcdonalds.php

This is absolutely disgusting. After an unidentified transwoman tried to use the bathroom at a Baltimore McDonald's, two patrons started attacking her in full view of other customers and employees. What did the employees do? mcdonald.jpgThey filmed it on their phones.

While you can see the manager yelling stop at the two women attacking the customer, none of the other employees even try to intervene or keep the women from dragging the victim across the restaurant floor. Instead, it's the elderly female customer that seems to do the most to help. The manager and employees simply watch as the victim starts to have a seizure and offer no help whatsoever.

[julogden]

The video makes me sick. How could people stand by and not do everything in their power to stop what was going on?

As far as I'm concerned, when you kick and stomp someone's head, you're trying to kill them. The two attackers ought to be charged with attempted murder, and anyone in the place who didn't try to stop what was going on ought to be charged as an accessory to the crime.

I hope the victim recovers fully and sues the crap out of McDonalds. That might make them realize that they need to be tough with their franchisees and employees regarding the safety of ALL their customers as well as insist on tolerance by employees of people who are different than them.

Carol

[Maddie Secutura]

I had to turn it off.  There's no excuse for what happened.  The employees ought to be fired.  Allowing such a thing to happen is just as bad as doing it yourself.

[V M]

Possibly this thread should be combined with this one

https://www.susans.org/forums/index.php/topic,97274.0.html

[JessicaR]

......just made me cry.........

and cry

[Suzy]

This is just unbelievably sad.  I ave no idea how to even respond.

[Janet_Girl]

Personal opinion.  Every member of that staff who did nothing should be immediately fired.  At least the manager tried to do something.  And both the offender should be charged with a hate crime.  McDonald's needs to make it publicly know this will not be allowed in its restaurants.

While it did upset me, it also PO'd me.  Those types of people need to be made a lesson of.

[tekla]

the manager tried to do something

Yeah, warned them that the police were on the way.  That's not exactly helping.

[kalshady]

This made me sick, like I could probably say not even exaggerating I threw up in my mouth a little...

This scares the ->-bleeped-<- outta me, not necessarily just for myself...but for all of us transpeople.

[xxUltraModLadyxx]

doesn't mcdonalds not allow this? there was a manager fired before for being hateful to a transgender person. i almost cried from watching this. i can't believe how violent women are nowadays. what can i say? the one that got her weave ripped out deserved it.

[jmaxley]

What disgusting human beings.  Wish I was up there so I could picket this place.

[ALBdegas]

Every employee should be fired immedeately. Even the manager should be fired. Although he told them to stop, the fight continued on and the only person who actually intervened and stepped in, was an elederly woman.

This is absolutely outrageous and literally burned me up !

[tekla]

I'm sure if you would check that McD has a corporate policy that specifically forbids employees from getting involved in such incidents.  Bet on it.

[pixiegirl]

I get the anger at the bystanders and staff, I really do, but.....

I just don't know enough about the bystanders situation to be really really mad at them yet. I don't know what the laws in Maryland are like for civilian action - would someone jumping in be automatically arrested or face lawsuits from the thugs if they waded in and took action? I would like to think I would have regardless, if I wasn't frozen in fear or shock, but I don't know for sure. Nobody does, even if we all like to think we'd do the right thing in a heartbeat. Not until it actually happens to you and you find out how you react. So them, I'm not going to judge.

I think the manager ->-bleeped-<-ed up. He should have locked them out after they left the building but didn't. Other than that I'd like to say he should have been more forceful breaking up the fight but again I don't know what exactly he's allowed to do if something like this happens before breaking his contract. What if he was juggling what he wanted to do against the probability of getting fired? How much do you risk for a stranger if it's risking your ability to provide for your family? I don't know if thats the case, but I don't know it isn't either.

Most big service companies have policies you have to sign dictating that if you're robbed or customers are fighting you do nothing, just to limit their own liability from getting sued by a hurt employee or a customer hurt by an employee. I wouldn't be surprised if McD policy is only the manager is allowed to get involved to a point before backing off and everyone else has to keep the hell out of the way if anything goes down or be summarily fired and ontheir own for any medical and legal costs or problems resulting. It sucks, it's inhumane.... it's big buisness.

It doesn't excuse what the staff did - warning them the police were coming ( I thought that was the guy filming, not the manager, but that might just be me), laughing about it or what they were saying watching it - I dont think that they would have helped anyways. Just don't be surprised if in a few days they all come out saying they couldn't have gotten involved without being fired and waving the clause in their terms and conditions about that proves it. And then watch as most people who aren't LGBTQI, allies or friendly shrug their shoulders and think ' well it's not how I would have handled it but if it was going to cost them their job, well, maybe its kinda understandable'.

Don't get me wrong: That was horrible, and they were wrong not doing anything, and I think they all will be fired one way or another, for PR purposes now if nothing else. There is no excuse to me for doing nothing other than having frozen up. The guys filming it and watching it like fans at a cage fight deserve everything they get, I just don't think for one second it will be for not having done the right thing.

I really hope heavy charges come down and are made stick against those two creatures, and the victim comes out of this eventually ok physically and mentally. Thats all I'm going to care about until I know more about how this is going to play out. I'll get angry at who deserves it then.

[tekla]

Assault 2 on one of them, assault 3 on the other, so, like nothing.

[wheat thins are delicious]

That was sickening.  I wish I had been there.  I would take an assault charge for busting her attackers asses. 

And what's worse is that the guy recording was telling the attackers to leave now cause the cops were coming.  It's like he was trying to help them.

[xAndrewx]

And what's worse is that the guy recording was telling the attackers to leave now cause the cops were coming.  It's like he was trying to help them.

I thought about that but then was wondering if he said that to try and get them to leave so they'd stop attacking... Either way it is awful but just throwing that out there.

[xxUltraModLadyxx]

That was sickening.  I wish I had been there.  I would take an assault charge for busting her attackers asses. 

And what's worse is that the guy recording was telling the attackers to leave now cause the cops were coming.  It's like he was trying to help them.

i don't think it was that he was trying to help them, but it was more just entertainment for him. which is no better, but he probably would've responded the same way if the victim was a cisgendered female. it was all just fun and games for him.

[Da Monkey]

Yeah, it's hard to say how different this story would have been if she was a cisgendered woman. There have been many videos and stories online of women beating the ->-bleeped-<- out of other women while others stand around.

Either way I couldn't even watch half of it. That manager was probably doing the best he could. What more could he do? It would have looked worse on his part socially as a male pushing or punching women no matter what they were doing.

[jesse]

omg this is heart wrenching i swear this is the reason you need concealed weopons people are f ing stupid anymore im sorry i would have shot the both of them then they could put that on you tube.