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A Staten Island woman who was captured on video being dragged by her
hair into the street says the incident took place after a deli
cashier mistook her for being transgender.

Jasmine Adams, 35, on Monday filed a lawsuit against New York’s West
Brighton Deli & Grill and the business’s owner, alleging assault and
battery in the July encounter. According to the lawsuit, the cashier
became frustrated during a misunderstanding over a purchase of
marijuana, and then accused Adams of trying to get him fired while
also calling her a “transvestite.” The clerk is not named in the
lawsuit, and he has not been publicly identified.

Video obtained by HuffPost appears to show a man in a white Denver
Nuggets jersey dragging Adams by the hair, and then kicking her in
the head while bystanders react in shock.

One person can be heard saying, “You don’t need to be doing all
that.”

An image from a video captures the incident described in Jasmine
Adams' lawsuit.

In an interview with the New York Daily News, Adams said she went
into the deli that night to purchase marijuana for a friend.

Marijuana is legal in New York City, but only nine establishments in
the five boroughs have obtained a license to sell it. Thousands of
other stores, including delis and convenience stores, currently sell
without a license.

Adams told the Daily News that because she herself doesn’t smoke,
she called her friend to make sure she was making the correct
purchase for $40, which she said the cashier mistook as an attempt
to haggle.

“I said it wasn’t about the price and that I was just trying to
figure out what I was buying,” Adams told the outlet.

The clerk then allegedly threw the marijuana on the ground after she
paid. When she refused to pick it up, he began yelling at her, she
said. He allegedly accused her of trying to get him fired when she
asked for a refund.

According to the lawsuit, the clerk called Adams a “transvestite”
after he observed a pride flag on her watchband, and then allegedly
maced her before dragging her outside by the hair.

https://news.yahoo.com/woman-says-deli-clerk-assaulted-
211807115.html

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