Marquez Smith, 20, was charged with battery and first-degree cruelty to children after allegedly slapping the underage female employee.

Footage from the incident shows Smith approaching the teenager while she was on her cellphone behind the counter. It remains unclear why Smith and the unnamed girl started to argue; when the argument reached its peak, Smith was seen assaulting the teenager with an openhanded slap, knocking her phone out of her hand. Before things escalated, another employee rushed in and separated the two.

This Popeyes manager need to be arrested for putting his hands on a worker because she wanted to clock out pic.twitter.com/XlZGyN89ql

— DeMarko (@freakymarko) May 31, 2022

Marquez Smith

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