Sharkeisha Thompson’s video spread like wildfire on all social media platforms. In the viral video, 16-year-old Thompson can be seen punching her 17-year-old classmate.
Before this infamous footage came out in the open, no one knew about Sharkeisha Thompson, and this video was that she needed to become famous.
Sharkeisha Thompson firmly believed in the phrase ‘any press is good press.’
Within 72 hours of posting the disturbing recording of the ultimate cheap shot, Sharkeisha Thompson became an overnight social media star.
In the extremely graphic video, the victim was seen lying on the ground, hiding her head and face with her hands, while Ms. Thompson kept throwing horrific punches at her.
Eventually, she was forcibly held by her companions to stop her from punching the poor girl. The video received almost a million views across the country and generated countless Photoshop jobs and memes.
Sharkeisha kept bragging about her brutal and criminal actions on Twitter, claiming she knocked the woman out for cheating with her boyfriend.
So far, Instagram has banned Sharkeisha’s video from its site, and law enforcement and community leaders are looking to get more Internet companies to follow suit.
According to law enforcement agencies, Sharkeisha’s way of rising to stardom should not be encouraged in any way.
Who was the victim in Sharkeisha Thompsons’ video
The girl on the receiving end of this horrendous beating has been identified as Shamichael Manuel, 17.
Manuel suffered a black eye and bloodied lip and couldn’t attend school for quite a few days after the incident, and she suffered from vision problems in her right eye.
Manuel said her pride has also taken a brutal hit, which does not seem to stop as the video is shared repeatedly.
Manuel’s mother shared an incident where she saw people laughing while watching that horrible video.
A Twitter user posted photos of the victim to tell the world about her horrible beating.
the girl Sharkeisha fought was named Shamichael… okay pic.twitter.com/LLinehyxc7
— mp (@myahtbh) November 29, 2013ncG1vNJzZmivp6x7t7XZmpqaZpOkunC%2Fx5qppJ2ZqLWiedOhpqaoo6S7bsLInZyoZw%3D%3D