So many questions.
First, why does Taco Bell, of all places, have a security guard?
Second, where’s the 5 minutes of video leading up to the slap? I’m reasonably certain the security guard didn’t just walk up to her and hit her for no reason.
The security guard is in deep trouble.
> I’m reasonably certain the security guard didn’t just walk up to her and hit her for no reason. <
I wouldn’t bet on that either way. Police officer applicants go through at least a minimal vetting process. Security guard companies take what they can get.
Awhile back I was shopping in a store that had a uniformed security guard near the entrance. He looked bored, so I stopped to chat with him.
The guy was friendly enough, but he sure sounded mentally challenged. So who knows what he might decide to do?
IT IS LOS ANGELES
Taco Bell disproportionately has unstable customers.
There have historically been very low price offerings compared to other fast food and there are quite a few prechewed choices for those with mental health and or drug issues.
We dont have fast food guards here either, except at Taco Bell. We have one location that has had guards for a long time, 25+ years(?). More recently a second all the way across town.
One was built on a business road that ran through what was the far west end of town and separated various neighborhoods. One of the closest neighborhoods became low cost housing, mostly big apartments, primarily full of people in programs with mental health problems and some people that are in some kind of supervised situation due to legal issues (”house arrest” for people that dont have a house).
Another was intentionally built on the far east side when that business district reached out to an area that had long had similar mega-multiplex type developments. The older of those apartments became somewhat more independent people with mental health issues and illegal aliens.
Both of those areas have drug problems.
When you enter there is the guy with $5 left over from buying his drugs and some of the nearby dealer kids that think they are big time “gangstas”. There are a couple of individuals that spent all day trying to walk off their excess non-med controlled anger while collecting used cigarette butts that have been able to come up with a dollar or so off aluminum cans and yesterdays yard sale of dumpster junk. Mix in a bunch of illegals with their issues and then make sure that you keep your doors open all night so that the bar crowd can come in too.
I would imagine that how much a location is willing to put up with has a lot to do with the franchisees. For example there was someone that owned a number of McDonalds. One downtown was closed due to a number of issues, one of which was the homeless (this is a whole story in and of itself) surviving by coming in and drinking ketchup from the self serve pumps. Another changed hours, policies, and placement of product when the combo mental health/welfare crowd began parking there for 12+ hours a day using wi-fi and stealing soda and food.
The surviving McDonalds has better placement and serves all of the public so they have more leeway to exclude trouble makers. The Taco Bells seem to exist to serve these same people almost specifically and would likely have to shut down if it werent for them.
Maybe when someone gets to the point that they have invested in many franchises and they understand the point of “location” then its just a matter of matching the right franchise with the right property because that is the right opportunity regardless of whether some might assign nefarious intent to them doing so.