Melissa Seals, 35, was styling a client's hair when six women entered the salon and began to beat her down, the attack in its entirety was caught on video
Initially, Oakland police officials did not open an investigation of the assault because there was little to no evidence, and Seals filed a complaint more than a month after the beating occurred, reports The Examiner. Just a few short weeks, later, the video surfaced prompting police to pursue the case.
The victim's mother, Delois Seals, said her daughter "was held against her will, imprisoned in her own shop." She also revealed, "they stole all her merchandise, and they raised the blinds so everybody walking by could see what they were doing," according to the Huffington Post.
Oakland police said one of the six women was there specifically to tape the attack, which was later posted on youtube. Seals allegedly knows one of the women who beat her. She was former friend who was angry at Seals for saying something about her boyfriend.
Spokesman Jeff Thomason for the Oakland Police Department said the youtube clip will be used a evidence to prosecute at least two if the women in court. However, charges are contingent upon whether the girls can be identified from the bad quality video.
Seals told KTVU “I want them in jail,” she said. “I don’t know what to say. I am just tired of crying about this.”
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