McDonald’s has demanded that the company responsible for security in Leeds, Yorkshire, fully investigate the incident after sparking outrage on social media
This is the shocking moment when a female McDonald’s customer is knocked down by a security guard after an alleged altercation over consuming chips in the branch.
The disturbing footage was captured outside St John’s restaurant in Leeds, West Yorkshire, on Saturday night.
The arrest allegedly happened after the doorman turned her away for eating in line.
Next, a group of male strangers are seen trying to calm down the situation before it explodes into violence.
After the footage was made public, one of the girls, who wished to remain anonymous, said: “Normally would never do this, but the kind of thing bouncers get away with is just disgusting.
“This was after my girlfriend was told to leave because she was eating some chips in the queue and we said she could stand on the side at night instead of being out on her own.
“The girl on the left outside asked why she had to leave and the guard on the right pushed her over and was verbally aggressive calling us ‘b***hes’, ‘sl*ts and ‘sl*gs and shoved her over.
Fortunately, some strangers tried to defend us, which resulted in this.
“Several times they tried to stop him and he continued to be physically aggressive, even though no one tried to lay their hands on him.
“Regardless of the alcohol content, he can’t get away with this.
“I can’t imagine what would have happened if it was just me and my boyfriend and these guys hadn’t intervened.”
A spokesman for McDonald’s told Mirror Online: “The safety and security of our people and customers is our absolute priority and we have asked the security company that employed the guards to fully investigate the incident.
“We understand that the video clip in question shows only a small part of a long-standing incident.”
No one was injured in the incident, sparking outrage on social media.
One person commented, “I work at this restaurant and security was often out of order.
“I’ve seen them attack people for no reason, some people get a little out of control when they’re drunk.
“But isn’t that part of their job to deal with people like this and not resort to violence?”
In the images, the girl seems to run away when she is attacked.
Another wrote: “I hope this has been reported to the police and a complaint has been made to McDonald’s and whoever these guys work for.
“Should definitely lose his license and the other one should be pulled over the ropes because he basically let his colleague at work attack so many people. There was no need for these attacks to happen. Totally inappropriate!!!”