Charges Dropped Against McDonald’s Cashier Filmed Defending Himself From Two Women With Metal Rod, May Now SUE McDonald's!

I changed the title from the VERY MISLEADING headline on The Smoking Gun -

Charges Dropped Against McDonald’s Cashier Filmed Beating Two Female Patrons With Metal Rod

The cashier who beat two female patrons with a metal rod after they hurdled the counter at a McDonald’s in New York City was freed from prison Friday after a grand jury refused to indict him in connection with the mid-October incident, which was videotaped by a patron.

Rayon McIntosh’s release from Rikers Island came following an 11-day grand jury presentment made by prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office. McIntosh, 31, was named in a criminal complaint charging him with two felony assault counts and a criminal possession of a weapon charge.

One of the women who jumped the counter suffered a fractured skull and a broken bone in her arm after being struck by McIntosh. The other woman suffered “substantial pain and a laceration,” according to the complaint.

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Here's the original video -



Here's part of a TIME article as well -

Darbeau suffered a fractured skull in the fight, and Edwards was cut on her arm. McIntosh was arrested and charged with assault, and the two women are still facing criminal trespass charges and have yet to face a grand jury.

But, now freed of the charges against him, McIntosh, who was fired from the McDonald’s, told DNAInfo.com that he may sue the restaurant chain for failing to ensure his safety. “We were begging them to get security,” McIntosh said by phone early Saturday morning. “The McDonald’s itself is a problematic store. It has a high, concentrated number of people every day,” he said.



[link to newsfeed.time.com]

Last Edited by Laura Bow on 12/06/2011 01:40 PM