McDonald's may be facing a lawsuit from a young Baltimore native named Chrissy Lee Polis after she was brutally beaten to the point she had a seizure and was pretty much left to fend for herself in a Baltimore McDonald's a short while ago. While being filmed by one of the employees of McDonald's (now an ex employee of course) the watcher of the video embarks on a journey. What starts out as normal garbage you may see in the streets of any neighborhood when girls get upset with each other quickly turns into an awful showcase of skills one would only deem appropriate in a WWE no way out cage match.
Stomping, punching, hair pulling and lots of profanity all thrown at Chrissy because she spoke to Teonna Brown's (one of the attackers) man. The only person in the entire place that attempted to stop the fight was a woman who looks upwards of sixty and as was expected also received some backlash by these awful
As unfortunate as this story is another wrench was thrown into the mix because the two attackers are being charged with a hate crime. Now as much as I like to see justice served, I just don't see how this is a hate crime. Yes Chrissy is Caucasian, yes Chrissy is also transgender, but where in the three minutes of fighting and yelling do we hear any racial epithets or derogatory terms related to gender being thrown around? I didn't hear any at all.
If we are all supposed to be treated as equals no matter what our skin color, gender identity, or sexual preference then why is this being called a hate crime and not just HOT GHETTO MESS that needs to be treated as such? I would appreciate if someone could explain this to me because I'm very perplexed at the moment. Hopefully someone will counsel both Teonna and the 14 year old because there are clearly some issues as far as mental stability being aroused here, beating anyone into a seizure for speaking to someone is mortifyingly (yes I made that word up) ridiculous.
Don't take my word for it though, if you haven't seen it yet here it is...(FOR MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AfYRFX5GTLg&has_verified=1
Okay...sorry if this sounds like a dumb question but how TF is this not a hate crime? I saw so much hate going on in this video...everything from the young girls(attacker) attitudes to their language to their disrespectful behavior when it came to the elderly women. This was a sick hateful act an every meaning of those words. I couldn't help being extremely enraged while watching this video. Speechless!
ReplyDeleteI dont know that you can infer the motive behind any sick attack like this without actually being present during the attack or in the courtroom. It very well could have been a "hate crime," but no one really knows the motives of the attackers other than those present. Either way, i'm disgusted.
ReplyDeleteI didn't say the acts weren't hateful but thus far we've only heard from Chrissy. I think we as a society are so quick to judge and just assume that it is based on skin color or sexual orientation but if you've watched the interviews Chrissy even says herself that she was attacked only because she spoke to Teonna's man. Unfortunately worse has happened between females over guys, but that's what I think it was truly about. It needs to be investigated further and everyone involved needs to go through some type of counseling including the ignorant people who stood by doing nothing.
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