I hope the animals who assaulted that woman will serve hard time. They don't deserve to be out in public!

Why is the violence on this woman being perpetuated here by posting the video? It is not justified as an "illustration" to the article, it is unnecessary.
The person who recorded the video should be charged as an accomplice to the crime.

I haven't seen the video and my cell phone doesn't support the file. However, I do want to see what everyone is talking about. I hope it is still here when I'm able to get to my PC. I, for one, am glad Patch posted the video and story.

animals absolutely animals, thats what they are no regards to human life......

If the tables were turned it eould be called s hate crime.

They are animals, young animals raised clearly by animals and I hope they are cadged for the rest of their lives. The 14 year old! Where the HELL are her parents? My 14 year old child would not be out with an 18 year old at Mcdonalds. Hell, she would not be out with out me or at a friends house. But that is what you get. We want to blame schools and teachers and anyone else, but you want to know what is wrong with this country, it the PARENTS of these "children" who probably would act just as bad because they are animals themselves.

Attack is bad enough, very disturbing that there were young men standing around watching and filming - not lifting a finger to protect the young woman.

Al & Jesse would both be heading here if it was the other way around. Nothing will be done about this , the animals will get a slap on the wrist and they'll just go and it again. They know they can get away with this kind of BS. Most of the people working there should be fired, but they won't be. Shame on the justice system in this country.

the sad thing to this is that our children these days has NO RESPECT for the human race, they act like animals as said in the other comments and yes it is so true that if the shoe was on the other foot they would list this as a hate crime, also the problem we face everyday with our children is that we can not discipline our children like we were discipline when i was growning up, as they say a good old fashion butt whipping wouldn't do them no harm, and then maybe they would RESPECT others and realize what life has to offer them, and on the other hand i hope these two animals get their time in jail, and hopefully someone in there should do to them what they did to this other girl, lock them up and throw away the keys....

Well Mr. Kamenetz, Chief Johnson! Where's all the lip service now? Where's are all the crap about how safe we are.

Mr. Smith, and Dutch thanks for the "move to opportunity!"

I have been predicting this for the last two years. Baltimore County is becoming an extension of the city.

Mr. Shellenberger another plea deal here?

On the other hand this is what the voters of the county voted for over the years. This type of cancer doesn't grow over night.

This is just horrible. I agree with Ron. How can so-called young men stand around and let something like this happen. How can anyone? All I saw was what appeared to be an elderly woman put herself in danger to try and help that girl. Sad - it is just so sad what is happening to our society. No regard for humankind.

It is disgraceful to see young women beating that woman like that. I can not believe the manager or staff did nothing to stop that display of senseless violence. They were able to literally drag that poor girl out of the restaurant and only a elderly customer had the guts to intervene. It makes my heart sad to think young women are just as violent and heartless as convicted criminals. And to think what ever provoke this altercation will boil down to some he say she say bullshxx, and will probably be over a lazy man. Now they will go to jail and ruin their futures over something petty.

This hurts to view. The guys just stand around not help stop the violence. This was extremely horrible to watch. Even the old lady was trying to help & also the manager.

Something must be done about this - we can not stand by and watch a slap on the wrist to those perpetrators - worthless pieces of humanity - animals behave better than they did. And the employees were no better.

To all you politically correct types viewing this video, consider the following: according to the Federal Bureau of Investigation, "most inter-racial murders involve black assailants and white victims, with blacks murdering whites at 18 times the rate that whites murder blacks." A statistic you'll never learn from the biased liberal media.

they are lucky they didnt beat someone in my family! i would find them after things cooled down and give them a beating they never would forget. buzz i hate to say it but i dont think our goverment is ableto protect us its time we start taking things into our own hands. we must take matters into our own hands or we will be prisoners in our homes` FIGHT BACK NOW!!!!!!!!

Brenda, Dutch started the "Move to Opportunity," years ago when he was the county executive. Jim Smith embraced it along with the influx of illegals.

Kamenetz continues along the same path. He has, in my opinion made some serious political mistakes. When the liberal Sun takes you to task for you left wing decisions you have a problem.

PC and plea-deals, that's what its all about.

Some one please answer this... My sister is reading online that the girl getting beat up was not a girl at all but a transgender male. Is this true? not that it makes any difference in the beating.

On another website this one:

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/buster/mcdonalds/mcdonalds-employee-filmed-brutal-beating-640128?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

the video guy took credit for this video.. he works for the McDonald Restaurant and said it was a cross dresser that would not leave the women's bathroom. well if that was the case he should of called the police to remove this individual than let the suspects take it into there own hands. Now thats opening up a can of worms for policies with McDonald.

The staff at McDonalds should also have charges filed against them in this case,I seen this video the other nite and thought how absolutely inhumane this truelly was...And then to learn this morning it was in my very own neighborhood that this happened in sends shivers down my spine!!!!!!!!! I believe there is a law out there about passerbys not helping victims,of course it is a moral obligation type law...but just goes to show you where todays societys' morals really are....The very sad thing here is that people of this non-moral statue will see no harm in this and make excuses for the girls and try to actually one up this video...With all the violence in the city this probally ranks as a misdemeanor type offense in the animals eyes......McDonalds get your checkbooks ready.....This McDonalds should clean house and truelly do a real McHire......

Why does my comment keep getting deleted, when I am only speaking the TRUTH!! All I can say is "TYPICAL" ......if it was 2 WHITE girls beating up a BLACK girl then I guarantee the BLACK employees would have stopped it real quick......and then Jesse Jackson would be involved. This McDonalds went down hill since all of the employees are BLACK...they are lazy, inconsiderate and don't give a crap about anybody. Its a shame that McDonalds as a corperation would let this go as bad as it is.

I live right down the street from this mcdonalds. I can tell you now, that the employees and the managers there are lazy! They have bad customer service and bad food service as well. Half the time i go up there, nobody is in the drive thru line, nor in the store and you still have to wait for them to take your order in the drive thru and when you get your food, the nuggets are hard and the food is far from hot. Just goes to show you how much they care about the customers and what their company can provide. The employees treat their job there as if it was a high school recess all day.

They stood back from the fight just like they would in a high school hall. What kind of employee or even manager would not even call the cops on this. Customer service should be of the utmost importance. The chain is already going bad. so many bad reputations of this mcdonalds it's unbelieveable. They should shut this mcdonalds down for real. I've had 95% of bad experiences here. And this video just proves my point on how careless their employees are, and you even saw how much effort the manager put in to calling the cops on this. All should be fired!!!!!!!!! WITH ME WORKING NEARLY 12 YEARS IN FAST FOOD CHAINS, I'VE NEVER SEEN ANYTHING OF THIS OBSURDNESS! I WOULDN'T BE SURPRISED IF CUSTOMERS STOPPED COMING TO THIS MCDONALDS. THEY HAVE TERRIBLE TASTE IN EMPLOYEES!

I wonder how the young "man" that took that video, would feel if I went in and started beating the crap out of him while my friends stood by and took videos of it? If it weren't for the fact that I would be setting a bad example for my kids....I would be sorely tempted to try!

"Move to Opportunity" was a Federal program started in 1994. It has nothing to do with Dutch.

Are you advocating men using the ladies room? Or are you just racist?

This just shows how these animals were raised and it also shows how they need to be delt with,If the Courts have enough balls to do it. And McDonalds should be sued for its Employees in allowing this type of animal in its place of bussinesses. MTO was a failure that puts Law abiding citizens in constant danger from these people if you want to call them people.

This is a HATE crime, pure and simple. The animals should be locked up FOREVER!!! and every employee in that McDonalds who stood and watched this happened should be fired and prosecuted for negligence and as accessories to the crime. Everyone except the the elderly woman who stepped in is a pathetic excuse for a human being!!!

Do you think Drudge would have posted the video if he knew at the time, that the "poor white woman" was actually a man?

Some of the comments are very interesting. Obviously sexual orientation trumps race. I wonder if the video would be received with such outrage if the women were beating a black transgender woman in, say, Park Heights? The crime is outrageous no matter what color the assailants are. The only good luck the victim had in this incident was the assult took place in Baltmore County and not Baltimore City. A county judge or jury will probably convict them. A city judge or jury would probably have seen the criminals as the true victims here.

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My goodness; the accusations: “racist”, paraphrasing - sexual orienientationism or transgenerdism (not words, but I imagine they should be), “poor white woman”, “animals”, blaming or calling out specific politicians or community leaders and more…

I believe most of us are shocked at what is happening in our, what used to be, wonderful communities. There is no mistaken that our communities are suffering along with the entire world which seems to be going to ‘hell in a hand basket’.

I understand that the ranting, frustration, disgust and aggravation in not knowing what to do about many things because sadly our ‘laws’ don’t seem to be able to simply distinguish the basic duty of telling what is right from wrong.

Again paraphrasing - I also agree with whomever said that being politically correct has far outreached it’s limitations in doing what is right.

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Take away the race factor, sexual orientation or location and what’s left? A crime – a crime of hate - people with no self respect or conscious of what they did to another human being. And, maybe in today’s society - people who are revered on Youtube and other sites (sites that encourage this horrible behavior) for their 15 minutes of fame.

Did the person being beat over the use of a bathroom really warrant such an outcome?

Look into yourselves for the answers to most of these questions. Replace the victims and perpetrators with people you know and people within your own family. Can you, as a viable person of our society, even imagine someone you know acting like this? Better yet – would YOU act like this?

These girls are nothing more than thugs, we see them all the time. Yet, there is nothing done about the carnage that is done to law abiding citizens. These girls are nothing more than animals, they should never be let loose on society. Unfortunetly, there are so many more out there then these scumbags.

What kind of people are running this McDonald's? To stand around or walk past while someone is being beaten is one of the most awful things I have ever seen. This McDonald's should be boycotted and shut down. Pretty much any McDonald's that you go into should be shut down. Like the one on Wise Ave. Tell the manager that the person helping you should pull their pants up because your Granddaughter shouldn't be seeing his underwear and they will stand there and look at you like you are crazy. NO RESPECT for themselves or other people.

Buzz, you cash a government check every month. I don't.

The angry old white people keep cashing their check every month and complain about everybody else getting "entitlements".

I am afraid to let people know who I am? Robert Armstrong is my name. Did you're parents really name you Buzz?

I was almost physically ill watching this video. For me, it's not about transgender, or a black & white issue, I simply watched a brutal assault between a defenseless victim and 2 savage animals. With all the males in that resturaunt, the only person who came to the victim's defense was an elderly woman, who got pushed & punched by the same perpetrators for trying to help. EVERY employee in McDonalds that night should be fired for not intervening and stopping this assault. Even the manager, who is seen causally walking away as the victim is seizing on the floor, held open the door and allowed the perpetrators to leave the building, rather than hold them inside until police came. I, for one, will never patronize McDonalds again. I hope those 2 girls are convicted and the victim ends up owning that store one day.

What is all this talk about the "males" in the restaurant that did nothing? Since when do men have to step into the middle of a vicious beating? Kids today, even women, are known to carry knives and guns. Try stepping into the middle of that kind of beating and the next you know is you are the one being attacked. No, the smartest thing any "male" could have done was to call the cops.

sean... you can't be serious. Making excuses for why none of the men stepped in to help someone getting their head kicked in. what happened to "doing the right thing" I am a woman and I grew up in Rosedale (it once was a very nice community when I lived there) and I wouldn't hesitate to step in and help that person. them having a weapon wouldn't cross my mind. My concern would be to stop the violence because it's the right thing to do. how would you feel if your mother, or your wife, or your daughter was laying on the floor in that situation and died because people were afraid to get involved. Firemen risk their lives everyday, they don't go into burning buildings because they worry about getting burned. They are heroes. And so is the women who stood up with courage to do what was right. the right thing is simple..... help someone in need. Think about it, i would rather die helping someone then live with myself knowing i just stood there and watched this deplorable behavior and hatred. are all the good men gone? i hope not

Tim, its a tough call. It is allays, as they say, easier said then done.

I will say this, we all remember Columbine shooting. In the aftermath of that incident, law enforcement had to rethink its approach to those types of incidents.

Our first in-service training class they threw the old book out and basically taught us when engaging an active shooting situation, to get your but inside as quickly as possible regardless of backup. Every second you waste could result in additional lives lost. Engage the shooter (s).

The difference here is what is the responsible thing for civilians to do. We have to remember they are not trained as cops and sure aren't paid to endanger themselves.

Each one of us would have to evaluate and react even if that reaction meant doing nothing.

Patch should go out and find that woman who intervened. That took guts and a conviction of what all of us should be thinking about.

There were enough men there to do something besides laugh and act like thugs. Its the culture that worries me.

oh and in other news, apparently the 18 year old was ivolved in a similar altercation a year ago. Same McDonald's. This time, a 38 year old woman who went there with her two daughters.
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/documents/crime/mcdonalds-attacker-prior-bust-908732

Unbelievable. Yay to our court system. This person should've been locked up the first time.
I guess the woman attacked was fearful for her or her daughters well being, so never followed through with the charges. Sad, very sad.

i think all the employees working that day should be held accountable. it took a 55 year old woman to stop this horrific crime. shame on our society.

I am 16 year old Gay myself, this brought me to tears and I don't cry that often. I know what it is like to be bullied because of being different (I live in New Zealand so it is not just the US in which this happens). The girls in this video should either get a mental-test or be put in a mental hospital where they can get some help for their obvious problems rather than sitting in a concrete cell or a barb-wired court-yard where they can hang out and socialize with their "Homie's and G-Dogs" where they will not get any help for the problems they have . There is a very big difference between being homophobic in your head/verbally and nearly killing someone to the point of them having a seizure. Both of which should not be accepted but yet we have to start somewhere.