A guard asked two sisters to put on a mask. They stabbed him 27 times

[lunasun]

When Jessica Hill and her sister, Jayla, tried to walk into a shoe store in Chicago on Sunday, a security guard asked the pair to put on masks and use store-provided hand sanitizer.
Instead, prosecutors said, they refused and brutally attacked the guard, with Jayla, 18, eventually grabbing the man’s hair while Jessica, 21, stabbed him 27 times.

It’s the complete randomness of this. It’s terrifying,” Judge Mary C. Marubio said Tuesday in the hearing, which was live-streamed on YouTube, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.

The sisters were arrested at about 6:15 p.m., according to police, and the security guard was transported to Mount Sinai Hospital. The guard was in critical condition

The Chicago case is the latest incident of violent confrontations breaking out over mask rules. In September, an 80-year-old man in West Seneca, N.Y., died days after another man allegedly shoved him for asking him to wear a mask in a bar. A couple in Los Angeles was charged with murder in July after a confrontation with a maskless man turned deadly. A stabbing during a fight over masks at a grocery store in Eaton County, Mich., that same month resulted in two deaths.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/10/28/sisters-stabbing-mask-security-guard-chicago/

[Rhiannon12866]

1. This only happens here.

In other countries, people realize this global pandemic is not a "hoax."

[MissHoneychurch]

6. Unfortunately that isn't true

Other countries have their crazies too

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54701042

https://www.dw.com/en/germany-thousands-protest-against-covid-19-rules-in-berlin/a-55392704

[lunasun]

23. ++It is not just here and here, it is not just trumpers

[cwydro]

2. What lovely people.

And already making excuses as to why they tried to kill this poor man.

[captain queeg]

3. Trump should be charged as an accessory on all these type crimes

[Codeine]

10. Trump?

They aren’t exactly in his demographic.

[bullwinkle428]

4. Our country is slowly dying because of this mindset.

[bdamomma]

15. these

people have no moral compass. Sad, mental health issues are running rampart.

[maxsolomon]

24. There will always be outliers.

This mindset is universal and timeless.

[Deuxcents]

5. I would be just fine

If my jury number was called on cases like this.

[Lars39]

7. I bet that's not the first person these two have attacked like this.

27 times? They wanted to kill.

[Klaralven]

8. During a quarrel with the 6-foot-5, 270-pound security guard,

The women’s court-appointed attorney argued that the stabbing was self-defense and that both women suffered from bipolar disorder.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-sister-stabbed-security-guard-refused-masks-20201027-2mggbvdsafhufitfjttqep2s5y-story.html

[Chili]

13. thank you for posting that

"The guard was taken to a hospital, where he was treated for 27 puncture wounds that did not require surgery or stitches, authorities said."

The original article said he was in critical condition.

Not sure I believe the bi-polar defense. She was carrying a knife in her hair.

[Chili]

9. goddamit

They're two stupid mindless black teenage girls. Has nothing to do with Trump.

I'm black. I hate and cry when African-Americans commit brutal crimes - not because I expect every one of us to be perfect, not because I think our percentage of violence or mental illness is any less than other groups, and not because I feel any less for the victims in any way, but America doesn't treat their brutality equally. Just google their names - Jessica Jayla Hill. Didn't even have to type beyond "Jessica J" before 7 newspaper articles popped up about them. Yet these, I missed completely:

"The Chicago case is the latest incident of violent confrontations breaking out over mask rules. In September, an 80-year-old man in West Seneca, N.Y., died days after another man allegedly shoved him for asking him to wear a mask in a bar. A couple in Los Angeles was charged with murder in July after a confrontation with a maskless man turned deadly. A stabbing during a fight over masks at a grocery store in Eaton County, Mich., that same month resulted in two deaths."

What happened here? Don't know their names, but if I did, if I googled them, would they pop up automatically? I'm on my break from working, so I'll google later.

And yes, these girls need to be treated to the extent of the law, and I'm praying for that poor guard's life.

[fleur-de-lisa]

21. +1

[muriel_volestrangler]

25. You don't think the president-led anti-mask BS was an influence on them

refusing to wear masks?

Being black doesn't preclude them being influenced by Trump. "Stupid mindless" is who his messages are aimed at, and that includes a teenager and a 21 year old, whether or not they're black.

[Chili]

26. No. I don't.

Jesus.

[muriel_volestrangler]

27. I'm not Jesus.

It seems strange to dismiss the huge anti-mask push, led by Trump, that has gone on for months, as having nothing to do with 2 people who freaked out at being to to wear a mask or not come in a store.

Are you saying that no one listens to Trump these days?

[Chili]

29. you most certainly are not Jesus

So, let's get this straight. These two teenagers - who stabbed this man 27 times - who may live in a poor neighborhood, or maybe not, have been watching tweets of lunatic white magats beating up people and attacking them for being asked to wear masks, and they say, gee, I want to be JUST like that!? And if they do use internet / phone to see all that ugliness, and take opportunities to LOOK IT UP and WATCH IT WITH deep INTEREST, THAT'S what this 18 year old and this 21 year old teenager decide to do, just waiting be asked to wear a mask so they can stab somebody for it? That's how they spend their time? Seriously?

[muriel_volestrangler]

30. If we're going to be straight, 21 years old is not a "teenager"

Who said anything about "watching tweets of lunatic white magats beating up people and attacking them for being asked to wear masks"?

No, they've heard and read idiots for months on social media, or TV, saying masks are bad, no one should be forced to wear one, they are a plot to remove liberty and precious bodily fluids etc. If you have looked at the news some time over the past few months, you'll have heard about it too.

And, being idiots, they agreed with the anti-mask BS. And when a guard tried to stop them entering the store, they got mad, and, being armed with a concealed knife, attacked him. Your idea that they were "waiting be asked to wear a mask so they can stab somebody for it" is bizarre. They wanted to go in a store. And they weren't going to wear a mask to do it. They have an awful violent streak that makes them a public danger.

[Chili]

31. Not going to respond

You are from the UK. I am a lifelong deep anglophile - I even wrote a screenplay about the Battle of Hastings. So not going to let you piss me off for not even considering that these girls are simply violent. I'd like to think they will seek redemption someday. Other than that, end of debate.

So this ends this conversation. Take care.

[UpInArms]

11. Not all people with bipolar disorder react like these two

At the bond hearing on Tuesday, the sisters’ court-appointed attorney argued the first-degree attempted murder charges were too extreme because they were acting in self-defense and have bipolar disorder, according to the Chicago Tribune. The sisters have no criminal record.

The attorney also said the women had not planned to attack the guard. But the judge said she was concerned by the “sheer number” of stab wounds.

And, I resent that they try to use that as a defense ... it stigmatizes a mental health issue.

[ProfessorGAC]

22. My Wife Has BPD

This is not something she would ever do.
BPD does not typically shade one's ability to discern right from wrong.
It's a shabby defense.

[ecstatic]

12. Covid induced psychosis

There's a growing body of research on this topic. They might explain a lot of the craziness we're seeing in this country.

COVID-19 Psychosis: A Potential New Neuropsychiatric Condition Triggered by Novel Coronavirus Infection and the Inflammatory Response?
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7236749/

Psychotic symptoms in COVID-19 patients. A retrospective descriptive study
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7311337/

COVID-19-Induced Psychosis and Suicidal Behavior: Case Report
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7519695/

... a growing body of evidence suggests that the virus itself can precipitate psychosis among infected individuals (1). Emerging neuropsychiatric sequelae of COVID-19 include encephalopathy, anxiety, depression, mania, and trauma-related disorders (2). The potential for the virus to induce psychosis is of particular interest given the association with acute suicidal/homicidal ideation and other severe perceptual and behavioral disturbances.

...

A connection with psychosis has been described in other strains of coronavirus, including the species responsible for severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS-CoV). Common symptoms observed in SARS-related psychosis include persecutory delusions, auditory hallucinations of gossip, suicidal thoughts and behavior, and sleep disturbances (3). One survey of recently discharged SARS patients found that disease severity—as measured by chest radiograph on admission, maximum oxygen requirement, need for ICU care, and length of hospital stay—was an independent predictor of new onset psychosis and behavioral problems in both the acute and convalescent stages of illness.

Compared with SARS patients without psychiatric complications, SARS patients with new onset psychosis had higher rates of family history of psychiatric illness, as well as higher rates of concurrent SARS infection in family members. This data suggests that personal vulnerability and psychosocial stressors may contribute, in part, to the psychosis associated with coronavirus infection. ... Another study found that patients with new onset psychosis have a significantly higher seroprevalence of IgG antibodies against four human coronavirus strains (229E, HKU1, NL63, and OC43) compared with non-psychiatric controls. These findings suggest that coronavirus exposure may be a risk factor for development of psychosis in susceptible individuals.

[LisaL]

16. There is nothing to suggest these two had covid.

NT

[ecstatic]

17. True, but we have an uncontrolled outbreak in this country

And their behavior was psychotic, IMO. Stabbing 27 times?

[Ferrets are Cool]

20. So, is this now going to be the "legal" way out for idiots committing crimes?

[abqtommy]

14. snark on: I guess if these sisters were French Muslims it'd be stated in the op. snark off

Wherever these people come from we need to send them back...

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. Two punks out looking for trouble.

I think most of these cases are people who are just looking for a confrontation.

There are signs plastered all over the place stating that masks are required.

I have noticed a lot of stores have guards now. They are afraid their employees could get hurt by these crazies.

[Ferrets are Cool]

19. 'Merica

[SMC22307]

28. Jesus, was it worth it, ladies? These two look rough.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-sister-stabbed-security-guard-refused-masks-20201027-2mggbvdsafhufitfjttqep2s5y-story.html

I sincerely hope the security guard is OK.