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MARIETTA, Ga. — Jennifer Schwenker said she was humiliated after a July 12 incident at a McDonald’s restaurant on Bells Ferry Road in Marietta.

“I felt pretty vulnerable and kind of attacked and it was a little bit humiliating, so we just tried to leave,” Schwenker told 11Alive News in an exclusive interview Monday.

That was her reaction to what happened at a McDonald’s restaurant on Bells Ferry Road in Marietta on July 12th.

Schwenker was having lunch with her twin 8-year-old sons, Ben and Sam, and their autism service dog, Barkley.

Surveillance video shows an off duty manager confront Jennifer and follow her around, even into the rest room.

Schwenker said even after she explained Barkley’s medical purpose, the off duty manager repeatedly insisted he had to leave.

Panicked when one of her twins suddenly vanished, Schwenker says she lost her grip on a soft drink.

“I accidentally dropped the drink just trying to get out the door frantically,” she said.

As seen in the surveillance video, the drink splashed on several people, including the off duty manager, who thought it was thrown on purpose.

She chased Jennifer outside where, out of the view of cameras, she allegedly slapped her.

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