NYC woman slaps tourist after being kicked out of pet shop for kicking puppy cages YouTube: NBC New YorkA New York City woman has sparked nationwide outrage after slapping a tourist when she was booted out of a pet store for kicking cages full of puppies. Footage from inside a New York City pet store is taking social media by storm that shows a woman viciously slapping another shopper seemingly unprovoked. The violence broke out when the woman was told to leave the store after kicking kennels full of puppies. The store\u2019s manager, Emilio Ortiz, recorded the incident on his phone \u2014 and the video is going viral online. Ortiz approached the woman, demanding that she leave the store. In response, she attempted to slap his phone out of his hands. NYC woman sparks outrage for slapping tourist unprovoked in viral footage Ortiz\u2019s co-workers stepped in, trying to de-escalate the situation\u2026 but their efforts were in vain, as the woman went on to smack another shopper in the face before making her way out of the pet shop, turning to spit in her direction as she made her exit. According to Ortiz, the woman slapped the shopper so hard that she started bleeding from the nose. \u201cShe was bleeding, she had a nosebleed. She was like, really distraught because it was her first time in New York,\u201d Ortiz said in a statement to the New York Post. The shopper was a tourist hailing from Texas, who has now filed a police report with the NYPD for assault. \u201cShe was a tourist. Imagine being your first day in New York, you\u2019re just walking around, all of a sudden some crazy person just assaults you,\u201d Ortiz said, flabbergasted. According to reports, the puppies inside the kennels that were kicked are unharmed. Thus far, the woman has not been identified, and no arrests have been made \u2014 but the incident has sparked a firestorm of outrage on social media, with netizens demanding she be found and charged for the \u201cunprovoked\u201d attack.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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