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New York City McDonald’s cashier who was videotaped beating two unruly
customers with a metal rod in October has been cleared of all charges
after 11 days of grand jury testimony. Rayon McIntosh, who had
previously served nearly 10 years in jail for a manslaughter rap, was
jailed for seven weeks at Rikers on assault and weapons charges. He was
freed Friday after a Manhattan grand jury refused to indict him and
prosecutors dropped the charges. The two women who were ruled to have
provoked McIntosh still are facing charges, including criminal
trespassing and disorderly conduct. A surveillance camera caught the
entire incident and shows McIntosh hitting the women with a 3-foot steel
pole, fracturing one woman’s skull. McIntosh says he plans to sue the
fast-food joint. “I do plan on bringing a civil suit against McDonald’s
for putting me in danger,” he said. “If a security guard would have been
there, this wouldn’t have happened.”
