A woman without a valid handicapped parking spot permit was so outraged that a fellow Walmart shopper “took her spot” that she slammed her to the ground and broke her leg.
Surveillance video of the Greenfield, Wisconsin Walmart parking lot reportedly shows 32-year-old Milwaukee resident Kezia Perkins confronting a 71-year-old handicapped woman.
The video shows the older woman driving in front of Perkins into a front-row spot.
Perkins pulled up behind her, boxed her in, and began yelling out the window.
The elderly woman was “afraid and waited till the woman was away from the car to exit the car and attempt to walk to the front doors of Walmart,” a criminal complaint states, according to Fox 6.
Perkins then got out of her car, ran up to the woman and “slammed her body into her, knocking (the victim) to the pavement.”
Perkins allegedly told police “it’s not my fault the elderly woman bounced off my big (chest),” KFOR reports.
“This lady chest-butted,” witness John Rawlings explained.
“From what she told me when I was tending to her, she just had hip surgery done. She couldn’t move. It may have come undone,” Rawlings said.
Greenfield police say Perkins had a handicapped parking permit that wasn’t registered to her and was driving on a suspended license.
She’s charged with aggravated battery, which is punishable by up to six years in prison and $10,000 in fines.
Perkins’ lawyer thinks she’s actually the victim.
“This was an unfortunate accident that came about after a misunderstanding between two individuals. Ms. Perkins is, herself, disabled, however the fact that her disability is not immediately noticeable led to confusion between the two women,” the unnamed lawyer told Fox 6.
The lawyer didn’t explain how “confusion” led to an elderly woman on the ground with serious injuries.
“More than anything, this case highlights the need for individuals to be aware of and sensitive to the fact that many people may suffer from disabilities and ailments that are not always readily noticeable.”
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