Oh, dear. It appears yet another Karen is up to mischief again. On this occasion, the incident occurred in a Safeway parking lot in Astoria, Oregon and centers on a young lady who was accosted by an “ogre” Karen over an “Abolish ICE” sticker that was on the victim’s car. While the video was reposted today on Reddit, the specific altercation took place in August, 2021.
[Update: Unfortunately, the latest Reddit video has now been deleted, so we’ve added a video of the incident from an older Reddit post down below.]
The victim of the assault, Alyssa Cuellar, recorded the footage, which begins in a public car park. First and foremost, we see a man in the distance shouting “f*** you” at Ms. Cuellar as he packs a box into his blue four-by-four vehicle. “I was just making sure he doesn’t damage my car.” Ms. Cuellar exclaims, seemingly to another member of the public off-camera.
However, it quickly becomes clear that the woman she is speaking to is the Karen in question. “That’s my husband. He’s a marine. He’s not gonna touch your car you little c***.” responds Karen.
“I literally got out of my car and he yelled ‘F*** you’ because of a sticker that I choose to have on my car.” Ms. Cuellar replies. To this, Karen retorts, “F*** off. Just go back in the store. You’re harassing my husband. Get back. Get back. Go in the store and stay the f*** away from my husband.“
“I came here to get some f***ing groceries. What is your goal here? What are you doing?” asks Ms. Cuellar as the Karen stands in her way. “It’s called loyalty. Get the f*** away. You’re filming him, you b****. It’s America, b****. It’s America, b****. Go into the store. Mind your own business. He’s at his vehicle. Stay away from him.” shouts Karen.
“I didn’t do anything. They just started harassing me for no reason.” Ms. Cuellar says with emotion in her voice. The video then takes a turn for the worst as it appears that some sort of physical altercation begins to occur as the camera violently sways this way and that, before landing on the ground nearby. “Get away from me! Get the f*** away from me!” Ms. Cuellar shouts as the Karen begins her assault. The end of the video sees Ms. Cuellar walking swiftly to her vehicle in tears, saying: “I’m trying to get to my car.“
While we don’t see it in the video, it’s important to note that Oregon police were called to the scene straight after the incident happened, and the Karen — 57-year-old Moe Darling McLeod — was later arrested for assault, criminal mischief, and disorderly conduct.
Meanwhile, comments began flooding into the Reddit post as the internet reacted to the upsetting footage. Many netizens were amused by the Karen’s real name, and compared her appearance to a famous The Simpsons character.
Elsewhere, many were surprised by the age of the Karen, who many agreed looked a lot older, with one commenter, writing: “57 years old? Damn father time has been cruel to that ogre“. In addition, a further commenter declared, “MAGA rage really ages people.”
Another response surmised that Karen’s assault was racially motivated, with a Redditor, penning: “theyre racists” [sic]. This answer is likely due to the couple’s reaction to the “Abolish ICE” sticker, which sparked the assault.
For the unaware, the “Abolish ICE” sticker represents a political movement that seeks to abolish the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency. The proposal of the movement seeks to disband the ICE agency in favor of giving power back to existing immigration agencies. In essence, this is what existed in the United States before ICE was introduced in 2003.