Viral video shows 14-year-old Muslim girl being beaten 'gang-style' by three white classmates in Florida
A muslim teen in Boca Raton, Florida being assaulted by three classmates. Image via screengrab.
December 22, 2017
Disturbing footage published by the Council on American-Islamic Relations' Florida chapter shows a 14-year-old Muslim girl being savagely beaten by three white teen girls for her religion.
Taken in Boca Raton, Florida in the southern part of the state, the video (originally posted on social media by the girl's parents) shows her being assaulted "gang-style" by three other girls as other teens crowd around them.
By Friday evening, the video published by the teen's father Shakeel Munshi had been shared on Facebook more than 12,000 times. In his post, Munshi said his daughter had been bullied by the girls, who are her classmates at West Boca High School, "because she was Muslim." On Thursday, she tried to approach the girls to talk to them about the bullying, only to be assaulted instead.
Munshi said that once they learned of their daughter's attack, he and his wife contacted the police and are pressing charges.
You can watch the video of the teen's bigoted assault and read responses to it below.
This is 14-year-old Manaal Munshi. Several white girls at West Boca High School bullied her for weeks b/c she is Muslim.
Manaal met w/them to resolve the dispute—They ambushed her. Manaal did not raise a hand.
42% of Muslim American students are bullied. Unacceptable. #StopHatepic.twitter.com/9q7OA4vShv
— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@MuslimIQ) December 22, 2017