An Illinois woman has been charged with battery and disorderly conduct after a fight in a Home Depot that began as a disagreement over wearing face masks.

Teri Hill, 54, was charged with battery and disorderly conduct Friday, the McHenry Police Department confirmed to The Hill. She was arrested after officers reviewed video footage of the incident and statements from witnesses.

Jessica Waters, the alleged victim, said the incident began when Hill approached a store employee at the Home Depot in McHenry, Ill., to complain about fellow shoppers not wearing masks, according to multiple reports.

After Waters said that Hill herself should be wearing a mask, things escalated, with Hill saying that nobody could tell her what to do and at one point telling Waters that she did not believe she had to wear a mask because of "white power," the Chicago Tribune reported.

Waters began filming with her cell phone, which shows Hill making the comments and raising her middle finger. Waters later posted the video to Facebook.


"Yes, I am entitled. I'm white and I'm a woman," Hill said.

"What does you being white have to do with you being able to get your way?" Waters responded.

"Because I'm a white woman. That's what happens," Hill added, saying that "I believe in white power.”

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