A transgender woman whose brutal attack at a McDonald's restaurant in Maryland was captured on video that later went viral says she was the victim of a hate crime.
Twenty-two-year-old Chrissy Lee Polis told The Baltimore Sun that since the attack last Monday, "I'm just afraid to go outside now because of stuff like this."
The video posted online shows a woman being attacked and apparently having a seizure. Baltimore County police say a 14-year-old girl has been charged as a juvenile and an 18-year-old woman faces an assault charge.
County police spokesman Robert McCullough told The Associated Press that investigators will follow up with Polis and additional charges may be brought.
The restaurant owner said Saturday that the employee who recorded the attack was no longer working for him.
AP