McDonald's worker Latia Harris is accused of beating a woman.
The suspect has been identified by the Salem City Police Department as 25-year-old Latia Harris. When apprehended, Salem City Police Chief John Pelura, III says Harris faces charges of aggravated assault and two counts of terroristic threats.
In the video, a woman wearing a McDonald's uniform is shown attacking another woman. The victim falls to the ground and while on the ground, the suspect punches the victim approximately 20 times.
As the attack is going on, the victim's toddler son is seen pleading for the suspect to stop and tries to kick the suspect in an attempt to make her stop.
At one point during the video, the suspect can be heard saying: "You better get your son before I kick him in the face too!" At the end of the video, the suspect appears to spit on the victim as she lays helplessly on the ground.
Adding to the shock factor of the video is that several bystanders do not intervene and instead take out their cell phones and record the attack. Police say as Harris walked away, she asked those recording to not post the video on social media.
Police were able to obtain a video of the attack off of Facebook before it was deleted. Harris was employed at a nearby McDonald's and has not reported to work since the assault. The victim told police that Harris accused her of spreading rumors about her and her manager at McDonald's.
Anyone with information on the location of Harris is asked to call Salem Police at 856-935-0057.
Salem City Police Chief John Pelura III .... criticized the violent episode, in which the fast food worker hits the victim at least 20 times.
"Police in this county deal with this type of violence everyday. Yet, this video is physically sickening to watch," he said on Wednesday.
At this point, it’s not known what caused the fight to break out, but according to police, the victim reportedly said a McDonald’s employee named “Tia” blamed her for spreading rumors about her and her manager. The victim was bloodied in the face and sent to the hospital, but while Pelura criticized the attacker, he also had some harsh words for the bystanders.
"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 told NJ.com. "There is so little regard for human life — by the actor and the bystanders."
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