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   A Staten Island woman who was captured on video being dragged by her   
   hair into the street says the incident took place after a deli   
   cashier mistook her for being transgender.   
      
   Jasmine Adams, 35, on Monday filed a lawsuit against New York’s West   
   Brighton Deli & Grill and the business’s owner, alleging assault and   
   battery in the July encounter. According to the lawsuit, the cashier   
   became frustrated during a misunderstanding over a purchase of   
   marijuana, and then accused Adams of trying to get him fired while   
   also calling her a “transvestite.” The clerk is not named in the   
   lawsuit, and he has not been publicly identified.   
      
   Video obtained by HuffPost appears to show a man in a white Denver   
   Nuggets jersey dragging Adams by the hair, and then kicking her in   
   the head while bystanders react in shock.   
      
   One person can be heard saying, “You don’t need to be doing all   
   that.”   
      
   An image from a video captures the incident described in Jasmine   
   Adams' lawsuit.   
      
   In an interview with the New York Daily News, Adams said she went   
   into the deli that night to purchase marijuana for a friend.   
      
   Marijuana is legal in New York City, but only nine establishments in   
   the five boroughs have obtained a license to sell it. Thousands of   
   other stores, including delis and convenience stores, currently sell   
   without a license.   
      
   Adams told the Daily News that because she herself doesn’t smoke,   
   she called her friend to make sure she was making the correct   
   purchase for $40, which she said the cashier mistook as an attempt   
   to haggle.   
      
   “I said it wasn’t about the price and that I was just trying to   
   figure out what I was buying,” Adams told the outlet.   
      
   The clerk then allegedly threw the marijuana on the ground after she   
   paid. When she refused to pick it up, he began yelling at her, she   
   said. He allegedly accused her of trying to get him fired when she   
   asked for a refund.   
      
   According to the lawsuit, the clerk called Adams a “transvestite”   
   after he observed a pride flag on her watchband, and then allegedly   
   maced her before dragging her outside by the hair.   
      
   https://news.yahoo.com/woman-says-deli-clerk-assaulted-   
   211807115.html   
      
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