The video shows the two women, 18 and 14 years old, kicking, punching and dragging their victim, Chrissy Lee Polis, 22, on the floor by her hair. For a while, no one comes to help the girl being beaten on the floor and at times, you can actually hear employees laughing.
When a good citizen realized the victim was close to possible death, she intervened before she herself was punched in the face. Someone out of frame then tells the girls "Y'all need to go before the police come."
The video cuts off when the victim appears to have a seizure on the floor.
The two women were arrested shortly after and went before a judge. The 14-year-old will be charged as a juvenile and 18-year-old's bail was set for $150,000 but after seeing the evidence, the judge ordered there be no bail. 
Polis told her story to The Baltimore Post and said the attack was definitely a hate crime. She said, "I knew they were taping me, I told the guy to stop," she continued, "They didn't help me, they didn't do anything for me." The franchise owner of McDonald's said he fired the employee who filmed the incident but didn't comment on the fate of the other employees who did nothing.
Human rights groups are saying the attacks were sparked because the victim was a trans-gender and therefore, the women arrested should be charged with a hate crime, which would add 10 years to their sentence if found guilty of 1st and 2nd degree assault.
Polis says she's looking into suing McDonald's for not doing the proper steps in keeping her safe during and after the attack.
Viewer Discretion Is Strongly Advised
Opinion:
Today, I believe that our culture is one where when something is happening, the first thing to do is to grab a camera and upload it as soon as possible online than to do the right thing; and that is made clear with this story.
Not only am I shocked about this story but for that no one helped and possibly the worst of all...a McDonald's employee took their phone out and just stood there watching the events unfold. Even when I thought it couldn't get any worse, you can begin to hear laughter in the background.
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The video cuts off when the victim appears to have a seizure on the floor.
The two women were arrested shortly after and went before a judge. The 14-year-old will be charged as a juvenile and 18-year-old's bail was set for $150,000 but after seeing the evidence, the judge ordered there be no bail.
Polis told her story to The Baltimore Post and said the attack was definitely a hate crime. She said, "I knew they were taping me, I told the guy to stop," she continued, "They didn't help me, they didn't do anything for me." The franchise owner of McDonald's said he fired the employee who filmed the incident but didn't comment on the fate of the other employees who did nothing.
Human rights groups are saying the attacks were sparked because the victim was a trans-gender and therefore, the women arrested should be charged with a hate crime, which would add 10 years to their sentence if found guilty of 1st and 2nd degree assault.
Polis says she's looking into suing McDonald's for not doing the proper steps in keeping her safe during and after the attack.
Viewer Discretion Is Strongly Advised
Opinion:
Today, I believe that our culture is one where when something is happening, the first thing to do is to grab a camera and upload it as soon as possible online than to do the right thing; and that is made clear with this story.
Not only am I shocked about this story but for that no one helped and possibly the worst of all...a McDonald's employee took their phone out and just stood there watching the events unfold. Even when I thought it couldn't get any worse, you can begin to hear laughter in the background.
COMMENT, Follow Me on Twitter and "Like" the Blog.
What do you think about this story?
Was it a hate crime?
What do you think about the actions by the employees?
Should McDonald's be held responsible?
Be sure to share this story, I really want to know what you think.
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