A man dressed as the Easter Bunny got into a fight with a father after the dad's 1-year-old child slipped from the costumed man's chair following a photo, authorities said.
Jersey City spokeswoman Jennifer Morrill said the fight at the Newport Centre Mall broke out at about 5 p.m. Sunday when authorities said the father harassed, then attacked the costumed character after his child fell from the man's lap.
Video posted to Twitter by user
@kevinp461 shows a man partially dressed in a bunny costume brawling with mall shoppers in a chaotic scene at Newport Centre in Jersey City.
The footage shows several people throwing punches as mall security officers try to intervene. A large crowd looks on as the fight continues.
The man in the costume, 22, disappears behind a holiday display, but comes back moments later, rips off his white bunny paws and starts "throwin' hands," someone says in the video.
"He curb-stomped him," the narrator says. "The Easter Bunny got in a fight."