Videos posted on social media over the weekend show a group of teenagers physically attacking employees at a Waffle House in East Cobb.
The videos—both of which have since been deleted—showed several teens at a Waffle House at 2720 Sandy Plains Road threatening and then attacking employees.
Cobb Police said in a release Monday that the incident occurred early Sunday morning, near 2 a.m., but didn’t what prompted the attacks.
East Cobb News was sent links to the videos posted on Reddit and Nextdoor and viewed them before they were taken down.
A few seconds into one of the clips, one of the teens began throwing items at an employee behind the counter, then he and another teen jumped over the counter and began physically assaulting the employee in a prolonged fistfight.
Several other teens looked on from just inside the entrance, and police said that witnesses told them that that the teens had been asked to leave but refused.
The situation escalated when the teens “began arguing with staff, knocking plates from the counter, and jumping over the service area into the kitchen,” police said in the release.
“One victim was placed in a headlock and struck multiple times in the head. Several patrons attempted to intervene.”
One of the social media postings alleged that the teens had come to the Waffle House after attending nearby Sprayberry High School’s home football game on Friday.
But police said in the release that the incident was two days after that game, and “at this time, no direct connection that these suspects are current, or former Sprayberry High School students has been confirmed.”
Police did not indicate if anyone has been charged or arrested, but said that “detectives are working to identify all individuals involved.”
Anyone with information is asked Cobb County Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Unit at (770)499-4184.
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Why was the video deleted. It is one of the technologies that will help the public identify these thugs. We should not rest until they are arrested and convicted.
I’m sure their rich parents will bail them out without consequence. Not surprised to see this type of behavior from people living in the Sandy Plains area if the way they drive is any indication…
justice is needed , you cannot attack a person and walk away with no consequences…a ” go fund me ” program should be created for this brave young worker. He will need much help medically and psychologically. I am writing this from far away and I am trembling with rage. Cobb county if you want to show any moral decency YOU will not just move on and chalk this off as just another incident. It is not..we are ALL involved.