Flint Police Make Arrest In Connection With Postal Worker Attack

FLINT, MI — Flint police said they have made an arrest after two women were filmed Thursday attacking a U.S. Postal Service worker.

Details are light on the arrest, including if more than one person was taken into custody, and the department said it’s still investigating the incident, according to The Detroit News.

“We’re still gathering information,” Detective Tyrone Booth told the paper. “We can't share fine details right now.”

A joint statement from Flint Mayor Sheldon Neeley and Police Chief Terence Green said the reported incident occurred at the River Village Apartments as the postal worker was delivering mail. It's unknown what led up to the attack.

A minute-long video of the attack was shared widely on social media and shows two women punching a female mail carrier who was down on the ground as a group of bystanders watch in the background. One of the women attacking the carrier could be heard shouting “she hit me first.”

(Warning: Profanity can be heard in the video.)

The mail carrier punches back against her assailants, and the fight ends when the attacking women leave the scene in their car.

“They hit this mail lady’s car,” the man recording the fight could be heard saying. The video shows the carrier’s mail truck with its front end dented inward.

The mail carrier is recovering from the fight and is in good condition, according to the joint statement.