Several Women Fight While Waiting in Line to Receive Government Food Stamps
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According to officials, the women involved had been waiting to get food stamps when the fists started to fly.
The nearly three-minute video, which was recorded on a cell phone, shows at least four women fighting at the office located at Missouri and 9th.
Two women can be seen holding onto each other as a third punches one of them in the back of the head.
At one point, one of the women walks across the office and punches another in the face.
Security officers did their best to end the brawl, but it took them several minutes before they separated the group and restored order.
Some of those involved in the fight initially refused to leave.
Several people at the DHS office told News 4 it was easy to see how tempers can boil over because clients can sometimes wait for a couple hours.
“If you’re not upset, you’ll be upset leaving up out of there,” said Jenine Nixon. “You straight have to have love in your heart to stand there all day.”
”That’s why people get frustrated because it takes so long, standing in line,” added Angela Montgomery. “Then you have to sit down and still wait, and wait.”
East St. Louis Mayor Alvin Parks is looking into the possibility of adding metal detectors at the office.
Meanwhile, DHS officials say the agency takes security very seriously and will make changes to security if necessary. But they said they could not change the conditions that may have led to this week’s brawl.
“Over the years our staffing levels have gone down while the need for public assistance has skyrocketed,” said DHS spokesperson Januari Smith.
Smith said they were looking at whether the office had adequate security.
“We are in the midst of an in depth security assessment and I’m sure that assessment will answer that question,” she said.
Some security officer- lucky nobody grabbed the gun
2 months ago
Frank Lee
Say what you want about Negroes, they are a never-ending source of entertainment.
3 months ago
Det John McClane
Makes you proud to be a black American, right? With a few exceptions, EVERY ONE of those people were young, able-bodied people. All just standing around, complaining about how long "dey haff to wait fo mah damn check". It's embarrassing and disgusting. Get off your fat black ass and get a job. And the next time you want to get laid, think about baseball or something you bunch of lazy hood rat bitches!
Oh, and you security guys. I have one word for you. Big-ass-can-of-pepperspray!! You start spraying that WHOLE ROOM and I bet they get the eff out!
3 months ago
Sam
I think their should be a law that prevents unstable young females from having kids under the age of 21. The problem is "kids" having "kids" and their "kids" grow up around a bad environment, which is why they grow up being bad. All i see is a bunch of people acting childish in this video.
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