Caught on tape in January, Melodi Dushane’s McDonald’s rampage has become the stuff of legend. Today the video tape of Melodi Dushane punching two McDonald’s workers became public record. The video, which contains no audio, shows Melodi Dushane attacking workers because there were no Chicken McNuggets accessible.
Melodi Dushane New Year’s Day attack
Melodi Dushane visited a Toledo McDonald’s and ordered Chicken McNuggets on January 1, 2010. She ordered Chicken McNuggets, but they were not presently available because it was breakfast hours. The employees of McDonald’s tried to convince Dushane that she could not get the McNuggets, but she attacked them. After punching and slapping the workers, Dushane throws something through the window and breaks the glass.
Melodi Dushane sentenced to two months
Melodi Dushane was eventually charged with vandalism and assault. When the charges were brought against Dushane, she pled not guilty. Dushane had to pay for the broken window, and had to spend two months in jail. Melodi Dushane also admitted that she was drunk at the time she attacked the McDonald’s. This one drunken rampage may very well end up costing Melodi Dushane a number of thousand dollars in legal costs.
Should evidence like this be public
Some legal experts are wondering if the public’s right to know really outweighs individual rights. It used to be that when evidence related to court cases was made public, individuals had to actively seek it out. The information that is entered to the public record is now transmitted across the world in moments. Even those who have served their sentences for the crimes are usually implicated in these releases of information, which is generally weighed as less significant than the right of the community to know what is going on in their area.What do you think – how should the two competing things be weighed?
