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In a recent video posted to the Atlanta Black Star Facebook page, shows a McDonald’s employee in St. Petersburg, Florida assaulted by a customer over what appears to be a botched order.

At the beginning of the video, a white man is seen reaching across the counter and grabbing the Black employee who had taken his order. After the man pulls her down on the counter, she fights back and attempts to break free from his grip.

Then other workers intervene and separate the two but it appears they let the white customer stay in the store after he attacked an employee.

What appears to be the manager proceeded to walk over to the customer and checks his order to see what might have gone wrong. When the employee involved in the encounter, walked back over in the direction of the counter, the customer points to her and tells the manager “I want her ass fired, right now!”

“No, you’re going to jail!” the Black woman yells back.

“I was just asking you a f*cking question!” he replied.

This is a developing story and will be updated.

Update:

The man in the video has been identified as 40-year-old Daniel Willis Taylor, 40, of Clearwater, Florida Newsweek reported. Taylor was charged with two misdemeanor counts of simple battery after assaulting a McDonald’s employee across the counter on New Year’s Eve.

20-year-old Yasmine James the McDonald’s employee has finally ended her silence.

“I am not only physically hurt, but I am emotionally hurt that I was left to defend myself even as I was surrounded by my co-workers,” James said Blavity reported.

“I am so grateful for the outpouring of support I have received from all around the country. I am aware this type of violence happens to women, especially Black women, every day,” James continued. “For me, this was the last straw. I am committed to using the horrible experience as means to fight for justice, not only for myself but for women and stopping violence against women.”

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