Woman Beaten by Looters While Trying to Protect Business in New York

Authorities are trying to identify a group of looters and vandals who beat a New York woman after she tried to stop them looting a store in Rochester.

People loot a store during demonstrations over the death of George Floyd by a Minneapolis police officer in New York on June 1, 2020. Bryan R. Smith/AFP via Getty Images

Authorities are trying to identify a group of looters who have been seen on surveillance video beating a New York woman after she tried to stop them looting a small store in Rochester.

The footage shows 24-year-old Madison Mavity being severely beaten by a group of male looters who are hitting her with metal and wooden objects while the young woman is pleading and screaming to the thugs to leave.