Man who videotaped Brooklyn McDonald's brawl charged with inciting riot

FORT GREENE (WABC) -- The man who videotaped a brawl at a McDonalds in Brooklyn last week has been charged with egging on the increasingly violent attackers.

24 year old Amir McCants was arrested after he shot video of last week's assault at the Flatbush Avenue Extension McDonald's.

He was charged with inciting a riot.

During the assault, police say McCants repeatedly urged the attack by yelling "kill him...kill him right now."

The fight started as a brawl between two teens. But when 43-year-old Iver Whittingham tried to pull the two apart, the teen group turned on him, and McCants allegedly continued to egg on that attack.

According to investigators, he encouraged the violence, shouting "Why you not killing him? Kill him right now!"

"I think if you heard the audio, it's pretty clear what he was doing. Inciting a riot," said NYPD Chief of Detectives Robert Boyce. "New York state penal law that means you have to have four people to incite a riot. We have three in custody now, we are looking for a fourth one."

Whittingham and the teen originally attacked were treated and released from the hospital.

Police have since arrested 16-year-old Asjaney Naraine and 18-year-old Kendale Hamilton in connection with the brawl and are looking for at least one more suspect.