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A California woman has been arrested after she was caught on video assaulting a 13-year-old Black girl in a McDonald's restaurant, FOX11 reports.
On Thursday (September 28), Ariana Lauifi was arrested on charges of felony child abuse in connection to the September beating of Kassidy Jones, 13, according to the Los Angeles Police Department.
Jones stopped at a McDonald's in Harbor City on her way home from school on September 6 when she was attacked by Lauifi. After coming out of the restaurant's restroom, Jones said the woman claimed she aggressively looked at her.
“‘What the F are you looking at? I fight kids. I’ll fight you!’” Jones said the woman told her.
Video shows Lauifi proceeded to punch the teen in the face and drag her around the restaurant.
“It was totally unprovoked,” Jones said of the incident. “I don’t know her. I didn’t say anything to her.”
Tawnie Blade, the owner of the McDonald’s, said she and her team ” were horrified to learn about this violent attack.”
“Employees called police when the fight began, and we’re continuing to work closely with local law enforcement to help with their investigation,” Blade said at the time of the incident.
Lauifi is currently in custody on a $100,000 bond.
“The family of Kassidy Jones are extremely grateful that the LAPD has made an arrest of the woman who viciously beat Kassidy in an unprovoked attack as McDonald’s managers and on-lookers offered no help in stopping the assault,” Jones' family said in a statement. “Kassidy is still traumatized and undergoing therapy. But hopefully, this news will give her encouragement that justice will be served. Kassidy deserves a break today.”
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