Woman buying pot from NYC deli maced, dragged by hair, kicked in head by cashier who mistook her for trans

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A Staten Island woman buying pot from a local deli got into a misunderstanding with the cashier — who ended up macing her, dragging​ her outside by her hair, kicking her in the head and mistakenly calling her trans.

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The misunderstanding was what started the fight (he thought she was haggling for prices, not that she was trying to verify the price of things to make sure she bought the right weed for her friend), not the transphobic attack.

We're getting physical with people for haggling prices now? Canal street about to get wild.

I still don't see how that misunderstanding leads to such a violent attack.

If you (mistakenly) think someone is trying to haggle with you, the correct response is "ma'am we don't haggle here, the price is the price, pay or get out"

At what point does "she tried to haggle with me!" become an excuse for "so I bashed her face in"