McSMACKDOWN!

Let's start this week off on the right foot with a very nice and heroic story about a former McDonald's cook, who was recently cleared of whacking two unruly female patrons with a metal pole. Rayon McIntosh, who served 11 years behind bars for manslaughter, says that he feared for his life when two menacing women jumped over the counter of the West Village fast-food joint back in October. McIntosh stated, "Women do kill men too, and I was in fear for my life!"

A cell phone video actually caught the melee at the West Third Street franchise, and shows McIntosh striking the women with a 3-foot steel pole, fracturing one woman's skull. Oops! McIntosh would be arrested on felony assault charges and thrown into Riker's Island for seven weeks. A Manhattan grand jury refused to indict McIntosh, who clearly acted on self-defense, forcing prosecutors to drop the charges. He was released last Friday.

McDonald's was McIntosh's first job since being paroled from prison back in March, and he was working the 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift on this October night. McIntosh questioned the validity of a $50 bill, and that's when the two women became instant witches. They berated him with F-words and the N-word, they spit on him and slapped him, and even insulted his mother. They then proceeded to jump over the counter to attack him some more, as you'll see in the video below. McIntosh said that he grabbed the closest weapon that he can find, which was a steel pole that is used to scrape food from the gutters of the grill. The funny thing is, when you watch the video, you'll notice that he just doesn't stop hitting them, even after the camera pans away from him, you can see his co-worker trying to get him to stop.

McIntosh blames McDonald's for putting him in this hazardous position because he said that staffers had warned the franchise of owner of fights, drunken customers, and even guns in the eatery. In fact, he plans on suing the franchise owner for putting his life in danger and for not hiring enough security to handle the situation. McIntosh said that he only took the job at McDonald's to help support his daughter.

Okay, here's my take on this. McDonald's needs to wake up and hire security at all of their restaurants because the truth is, this was not the only violent incident this year at one of their establishments, and it certainly won't be the last. When I searched YouTube for this particular video, many other McDonald's attacks showed up. Doesn't that say something? Hire security! As for McIntosh, I'm happy that he was cleared of all charges because this was obviously self-defense. As for the two women who provoked the violence, McIntosh says that he forgives them. You have to see this video, though! Click it below: