A couple has been arrested after a video that went viral showed them attacking a Black woman who works at a Connecticut hotel.
According to police and reports from The Day newspaper, Crystal, 59, was working the front desk at the Quality Inn in Mystic on June 26 when a guest named Phillip, 39, called to say the hot water was not working. Crystal told him it could be fixed or he could move rooms. Reports say he became angry, cursed at her and said he would send his girlfriend to confront her.
Police say Phillip then went to the front desk and punched Crystal repeatedly while directing a racial insult at her, leaving her with a concussion and bruises. While they waited for police, his girlfriend Emily, 29, allegedly attacked Crystal again, pushing her against a wall and kicking her, which left Crystal with rib injuries. Surveillance video captured the incident.
Crystal told the New York Daily News that Emily referenced Black Lives Matter and said her life did not matter. Crystal was treated at a hospital for multiple injuries.
Police say the couple was arrested Monday in New York and charged with second degree assault, third degree assault and intimidation based on bigotry or bias. These are allegations, and a response from the couple was not available in the reports at the time of this post.
“This goes beyond police,” Crystal said, describing the hate she says she experienced. Baller Alert will share updates as they come in.
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