Miya Ponsetto is the woman seen in the December 26 video, police sources told ABC News. She has not yet been charged with the incident.
Activists in Los Angeles say this is where Ponsetto lives and want the California police to take her into custody.
Civil rights activists gathered in front of the LAPD North Hollywood police station on Saturday to ask for his arrest.
The encounter with 14-year-old Keyon Harrold Jr. and his father at the Hotel Arlo in SoHo went viral. It turns out that Ponsetto had left his phone in an Uber.
Watch the video that was posted on social media below:
She also went after the teenager and his father, Grammy-winning musician Keyon Harrold, who was recording the incident.
The video shows Ponsetto falsely accusing the teenager of stealing his phone and then launching himself at him and his father while trying to grab his phone. Keyon Harrold Sr. says that she scratched him while he tried to protect his son.
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“It could have gone very wrong if I had gone down after my son,” he said. “The idea of trauma goes beyond any accusations we may have … I take my son to places where he shouldn’t have to deal with injustice and shouldn’t have to be profiled.”
The NYPD says it is considering charges against Ponsetto, ranging from assault to attempted theft.
Watch: The Harrold family speaks to ‘GMA’:
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