Sacramento police are hot on the trail of two punks who were videotaped assaulting a mentally disabled woman at a strip mall on Oct. 1.
According to CBS13’s website, a video uploaded to Worldstarhiphop.com shows the unidentified woman being spit on, slapped and punched by two thugs while a 3rd man gleefully films the beating. The video went viral, garnering over 440,000 views.
“This is just appalling to see this, and it’s a shame that this happens,” said Jonathan Johnson of Sacramento as he watched the video. “Especially an older lady like that, man, that could’ve been somebody’s grandma,” another man said.
According to CBS13, shoppers at the strip mall say they’ve seen the men and the woman at the mall before.
“They harass a lot of people on this corner,” Johnson said. “And I see this happening all the time.”
“I wish I would have been here,” Day Walker of Sacramento said. “Wouldn’t have gone down like that. I’d have stepped in.”
Police are now actively searching for the men seen punching the woman, which they connected to an emergency call they received on Oct. 1
“When the police got there, they spoke to her,” Sgt. Andrew Pettit of the Sacramento Police Department said. “She refused medical attention and she refused prosecution.”
Police are using IT specialists to track down the source of that video, hoping the source will lead them to the suspects.
Another video posted on WSHH the same day shows a “Dom” lesbian being assaulted by a male. That video also went viral garnering over 800,000 views.
