41-year-old Daniel Taylor spent the first day 2019 in a prison cell after the attack on the employee of one of McDonald’s in St Petersburg (FL).
According to local police, Yasmine James was at the counter when she was approached by a client and started shouting that the restaurant does not have straws. Seeing that the situation is heating up, another customer, Brenda Bunduda, began to remove what is happening on the phone.
«He shouted and walked to the counter and the girl behind the counter told him that now by law they are not allowed to keep the tube in the lobby, said Biancade. They started fighting, using profanity. He insisted that no such law, and she said that such a law is».
According to the law adopted by the city Council of St Petersburg in December, visitors must request tubules in workers of institutions. (By 2020, the city intends to do to get rid of plastic straws.)
During the altercation, Taylor suddenly grabbed James by the collar of his shirt and pushed to the front. Trying to escape, the girl hit the man in the face.
On the recording you can hear other people shout: «let her go! Stop it!»
Soon to the aid of Yasmine James came colleagues. But the client insisted. Pointing to his «opponent», he shouted to the Manager: «Sir, I want her fired!» In response, James said: «No, you go to jail!»
In the end, the McDonald’s employee told Taylor: «Sir, get out of here.»
The police report said that, heading to the door, the man hit in the stomach by another employee — Tatiana bell, standing at the door.
The incident occurred on the evening of the New year. When the police arrived, quick to judge visitor in the restaurant was gone.
Brand Bunduda told the officers about the incident. Then her children put it on Facebook, hoping for someone to recognize aggressive «lover of straws». As a result, over 4 days the video attracted 3.5 million hits, 31 thousand reviews, 69 thousand shares and 22 thousand reactions.
On the same day Taylor was arrested on another occasion. (The police got a message from the Comm Center about unarmed robber.) During the arrest he was under the influence of alcohol. He was charged for 2 cases of beating, and forbidden to approach the McDonald’s restaurant and to come into contact with its employees.
Now the brawler is awaiting trial in jail Pinellas County.
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«Our main priority was always the safety and wellbeing of employees and customers in restaurants,» — said, commenting on new year’s eve incident, the representative of McDonald’s Khim Aday.
