McDonald’s Beating

Sunday, October 16th, 2011

At a McDonald’s in New York’s Greenwich Village, two women yelled at the cashier, slapped him, jumped over the counter, and then received a severe beating when he stopped retreating and fought back — with a metal rod.

I don’t know if a reasonable man would reach for a metal rod in that situation, but continuing the beating after they were on the ground almost certainly went beyond reasonable force.

He has been charged with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon, and the women with menacing, trespassing, and disorderly conduct.

So, slapping someone and jumping over the counter to continue the attack does not qualify as assault, but picking up the nearest object that might work as a weapon is criminal possession. Interesting.

Comments

  1. Gwern says:

    Video’s gone.

  2. Slovenian Guest says:

    YouTube video. Also more on that story in detail here.

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