Woman Arrested For Spitting On Shopper Over Alleged Social Distancing Dispute
A woman was arrested for allegedly spitting on another customer at a bougie Italian market. Apparently, the squabble was over a social distancing dispute. The incident occurred in Philadelphia.
Alexis Danilo spoke to KYW-TV about the incident at Di Bruno Bros. when Jacqueline McBride got a little too close for comfort.
“I backed away from her,” Danilo said. “I guess that upset her. She just said, ‘B—h, I don’t have the disease.’”
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“[She] bumped into me, and I said something along the lines of ‘That’s rude, there is a pandemic going on,’” Danilo added. “And then she just responded, ‘I’ll fight you right now,’ and took off her mask and spit on my face.”
Luckily Danilo was wearing a mask and gloves. The staff at the store aided her in washing her hands and face quickly after the incident.
Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney released a statement on the incident,
“It’s unconscionable and criminal. We hope the police find her and get her someplace she can’t spit on anybody,” Kenney said. “I think people start losing their minds a little bit and it’s understandable but that’s an assault, it’s aggravated assault to knowingly do that to make people ill, intentionally.”