Demand that the employees on duty at McDonald's be held responsible in the beating of a trans woman

[Ian David]

OVERVIEW

After an unidentified transgender woman tried to use the bathroom at a Baltimore McDonald's, two patrons started attacking her in full view of other customers and employees. These employees can be heard on the video shouting words of encouragement to the attackers. It's time we DEMAND that justice be served and that EVERY McDonald's employee involved in this brutal hate crime be held accountable.

The April 18 assault took place at a McDonald’s location in the 6300 block of Kenwood Avenue in Rosedale, Maryland, a Baltimore suburb, according to the Baltimore County Police Department. A 14-year-old girl has been charged as a juvenile in connection with the assault, charges are still pending against an 18-year-old woman. “The incident remains under investigation and the State’s Attorney’s Office is reviewing the case,” added investigators.

Not surprisingly, McDonald's lacks standard policies for protecting transgender individuals, despite a decent record of workplace discrimination protections for gays and lesbians. And while the company has pledged to “take appropriate action” against all employees involved in this heinous event, just one has been punished.


More:
http://www.change.org/petitions/demand-that-the-employees-on-duty-at-mcdonalds-be-held-responsible-in-the-beating-of-a-trans-woman

See also:
http://www.facebook.com/TGBeatenAtMcDs

[Drale]

1. Employees are trained to never get involved

They are supposed to call 911 and wait for the officers to arrive. When I worked at Hollywood video, there was a policy that if you where getting robbed and you tried to stop it, that was grounds for them firing you.

EDIT AFTERTHOUGHT: If it wasn't a transgender person who was attacked, would the employees still be responsible? Everyone needs to be treated the same whether thats for good or bad.

[Ian David]

2. Go to the facebook page. There are a LOT of issues coming to light. n/t

[ProgressiveProfessor]

3. It is an insurance driven policy

[Chris_Texas]

4. Why?

[RetiredTrotskyite]

5. Nothing was done...

they could have at least called 911. That is the LEAST they could have done.