A New York woman is facing criticism after a video showed a group of adults allegedly attacking a young woman they claimed had stolen $5,000 from her family. The confrontation unfolded outside Kings Plaza Mall in Brooklyn, where bystanders tried to intervene while the group defended its actions as parenting.
The footage was shared on Reddit’s r/PublicFreakout, with the accompanying post claiming the young woman had taken $5,000 from her mother. According to the post, her mother, sister, and their friends went to confront her and allegedly began hitting and kicking her before the recording started.
In the video, several women can be seen holding the young woman down as she struggles to get away. At one point, they drag her by the hair and pin her against a glass wall outside the mall.
Bystanders repeatedly object to the treatment, with some urging the women to stop and questioning how a mother could allow other people to attack her daughter.
The women argue back, insisting that onlookers do not know what the young woman has done. When a cop approaches and asks what is happening, they reportedly explain that she stole $5,000.
One bystander is particularly troubled by the mother’s alleged involvement, questioning how she could stand by while other women attacked her daughter. The group continues arguing with the crowd, with some insisting they are simply doing their job as parents.
According to the Reddit post, police eventually arrested the daughter, while the mother and the other people involved left without charges. However, those details have not been independently confirmed by police or a separate news report, and the video does not establish the full circumstances of the alleged theft or the subsequent police response.
Internet Reacts To New York Mom and Friends Allegedly Attacking Daughter
A theft involving $5,000 can understandably cause serious financial strain, but the allegations have done little to convince viewers that a group beating was an appropriate way to recover the money.
One commenter wrote, “I wouldn’t be too pleased if anyone (ESPECIALLY) my own daughter stole $5k from me. But there are times and places.” Another said, “Yes $5k can make or break some people but there’s a way to go about things and this isn’t it. You can hear in the video when the cop shows up they had already reported it to the police and a detective was investigating but I guess they found her first and it got very out of hand.”
Other commenters questioned whether the family dynamics might have contributed to the situation. One person wrote, “I wonder if there might be some kind of connection between the girl’s behaviour and her mother being the type of woman to jump her own daughter?”
Another focused on the potential consequences of losing that much money, writing, “That’s the kind of money that can leave you homeless if someone takes it from you. So you know what? I get wanting to get violent. I don’t condone it, but I get it.”
A final commenter took a harsher view of the alleged theft itself, writing, “Nobody likes a thief, especially one that steals from their own flesh and blood.”
The video has not been independently verified, and the account of what happened before it began comes only from the Reddit poster.
