Well, 2019 is already up to some bullsh*t. A violent white man was caught on video attacking a black female cashier at a McDonald’s in St. Petersberg, Florida.
The disturbing footage shows the man suddenly lunging over the counter and grabbing the woman with whom he’d just been presumably arguing.
Hey @McDonalds this is in your St Petersburg, FL store:
•Violent white man verbally & physically assaults a black female employee & manager’s response is to check his order?🤔😳
•Why weren’t authorities called??
•Twitter: Who is this violent white guy?pic.twitter.com/W7p01Wn8SI— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) January 2, 2019
On Tuesday, in a tweet that went viral, Qasim Rashid (an American Muslim, Islamic educator, and podcast host, according to his Twitter bio) asked McDonald’s why the McDonald’s manager doesn’t do more to help the woman, and why it doesn’t appear that the authorities were called. He also asked someone to identify the white guy.
Rashid responded to his tweet with some more information today. The man’s name is reportedly Daniel Taylor and according to Rashid, he was arrested.
He is Daniel Taylor & he’s been arrested.
This video summarizes how men murder 1600 women/year in America:
•Violent man attacks woman
•Men watch & do nothing to stop him
•After the attack—they ignore her & apologize to *him* for upsetting him
•They work to make *him* happy😑 pic.twitter.com/VzTx1alHoE— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) January 2, 2019
Rashid also included the statistic that men murder 1600 women a year in America. He wrote that in these cases, just like in the video, a “violent man attacks [a] woman” while other “men watch and do nothing to stop him.”
Here’s America’s racism & misogyny problem in a nutshell
2 Black men walk into a Starbucks—mind their own business
•Manager calls the Cops ASAPWhite man attacks a Black woman in McDonalds
•4 men watch & do nothing, manager still takes his order, doesnt call Cops, he walks😑— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) January 2, 2019
In another tweet, Rashid wrote:
“Here’s America’s racism & misogyny problem in a nutshell: 2 Black men walk into a Starbucks—mind their own business; Manager calls the Cops ASAP. White man attacks a Black woman in McDonalds; 4 men watch & do nothing, manager still takes his order, doesn’t call Cops, he walks.”
People on Twitter had understandably strong responses to the video.
Daniel Willis Taylor
He was arrested and charged with battery (there was a link in another thread)
But @McDonalds needs to do something for that lady. She was attacked and the manager did nothing to support her. Even if she’s ok physically, there is an emotional issue/ ptsd— Mateo 🦋❄️🌊 (@CCmateo) January 2, 2019
She should sue.
— Ginger Underwood (@gunderwood3) January 2, 2019
She shouldn’t have to sue. @McDonalds should be 1. Firing that manager ASAP 2. Offering her decent compensation WITHOUT her having to sue(500 grand 👌🏼). 3.Introducing international training for protocol in this situation. 4. Installing panic buttons at each cashiers station.
— CieHades.🐮🐕🐕🐕🐈🐈🐈 (@CieHades) January 2, 2019
The manager’s response is symptomatic of why #BlackLivesMatter started. The woman was grabbed from over the counter by a violent White male & calling the cops was not the visible default response of her coworkers or her manager. Who was protecting her?
— Trisha’s View (@TheTrishaView) January 2, 2019
Dude should be in jail and this manager should be FIRED!
— ❤️ ✝️ Laurie Reynolds 🇺🇸✊🏽🧠🐶🦒🦍🦁🐻🐟🦝♻️🆘 (@glorifing) January 2, 2019
Black Women always have to defend ourselves because no-one else does as evidenced in.the video. She was assaulted and instead of her colleagues defending her, one pulled her back, some stood around and another checked the attacker’ ticket.
— D.M Educates (@DMEducates) January 2, 2019
There’s no information yet on the victim of the attack or on how McDonald’s plans to respond, but we’ll update this post with anything new as we learn it.