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Post by Opti on Sept 19, 2021 8:39:54 GMT -5
I don't know if anyone has been following this story, but a hostess was attacked by three women from Texas when asking for their vaccination cards. There are various videos out there, this is one of them.
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Post by andi9899 on Sept 19, 2021 8:51:38 GMT -5
I saw that. What assholes.
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Post by Opti on Sept 19, 2021 8:57:01 GMT -5
I saw this in my feed this morning on msn, and it made me angry. The hostess had her necklace pulled and it broke off, was punched, and assaulted by the three women and now some idiot lawyer wants to play the race card to excuse these women? This is more annoying than learning Brian Laundrie's lawyer made a public statement about recommending he not speak when he was already gone from his parent's home. This incident took place at the hostess stand. There are witnesses and video. Two black men restrained and removed the youngest woman from the fray. The law is everyone has to show vax cards. That's not racially profiling. Now if she did say the N word or whatever, you speak to the manager later. That is not reason to get physical. www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-tourists-accused-of-roughing-up-hostess-at-carmine-s-were-racially-profiled-attorney/ar-AAOAFEy?ocid=msedgntpThree Texas tourists accused of attacking a hostess at an Upper West Side restaurant for questioning their COVID-19 vaccination cards claim they were racially profiled and demand the hostess — who they say was the aggressor — be fired.“This hostess clearly has some anger management issues and unfortunately her aggression and her violence led to something that three Black women are being punished for,” Texas civil rights lawyer Justin Moore said of the incident Thursday afternoon at Carmine’s.Moore claims the three women had already been seated inside and had ordered drinks when the hostess “arbitrarily” and “unjustifiably” began questioning their vaccination cards’ validity. The hostess “refused service to these women and got hostile with them,” Moore said in a news release late Friday. “The injuries that she received were incurred by her being physically restrained by other staff at Carmine’s after she was called out for racial discrimination, which she took offense to.”
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Post by happyhoix on Sept 19, 2021 10:28:08 GMT -5
So did they have valid vaccine cards?
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Post by Tennesseer on Sept 19, 2021 10:52:16 GMT -5
Unacceptable behavior. I read an article yesterday and I believe the three were detained by the police. Good.
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Post by Opti on Sept 19, 2021 10:59:38 GMT -5
So did they have valid vaccine cards? I have no idea. If they flew I would expect so, but IDK.
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Post by NomoreDramaQ1015 on Sept 19, 2021 11:01:41 GMT -5
I'm all for hosts and servers being allowed to carry baseball bats from now on. Now you don't get to eat AND have a busted knee cap.
Inexcusable to act like that when a person is only doing their job. Unvaccinated is NOT a protected class they can rightly deny you service.
People are disgusting.
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Post by Opti on Sept 20, 2021 11:14:39 GMT -5
So did they have valid vaccine cards? According to this article they did. The article says the issue was two men who didn't have cards who wanted to join them. www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-women-showed-proof-of-vaccine-at-nyc-restaurant-before-fight-at-hostess-stand-lawyer-says/ar-AAODxOk?ocid=msedgntpAccording to Moore and surveillance video reviewed by the Times, the women were already seated at the restaurant before the fight ensued. The three women showed their proof of vaccination before entering the restaurant. But the situation escalated when two men arrived to meet up with them but could not provide proof of vaccination.
According to the Times, the surveillance video shows an exchange between the women and the hostess after the men were denied entry into the restaurant. The women were led back into the restaurant but crossed paths with the hostess again, the video shows, according to the Times.
The Times reported the hostess "brushing past the women" and exiting the restaurant before the women follow her out. One of the women confronted the hostess outside the restaurant and shoved her; the hostess then pushed back, and the fight ensued, the Times reported.
Moore told the Times, “The hostess begins spouting out derogatory comments, and speaking with two of the women; they claim that the N-word is being spewed out.”
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Post by MJ2.0 on Sept 20, 2021 11:31:34 GMT -5
Even if the hostess was exhibiting racist /discriminatory behavior, why put your hands on her? Many people already have a negative opinion of us - why give ammunition?🤦🏾♀️
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Post by Opti on Sept 20, 2021 17:12:44 GMT -5
Crap. BLM protesters at Carmine's demanding the footage. The lawyer was just on ABC news alleging there was only one shove from his client and one shove back. Then who has ahold of the necklace you can see being pulled? A witness on news yesterday said he saw scratches on the hostess's neck and face. I would like to see the footage as well on TV, but maybe Carmine's is holding onto it for the court appearance.
Still not seeing a civil rights violation. Feels more like an entitled Texan, but I could be wrong.
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Post by Opti on Sept 20, 2021 23:01:25 GMT -5
Crap, missed the video from Carmine's on the news. Article from the Times mentioning it. www.nytimes.com/2021/09/18/nyregion/carmines-vaccination-fight.htmlIn the footage, after the two men were denied entry, a server, wearing a white apron, comes out and talks to the hostess, making hand gestures as if explaining something. Then, footage shows the party of six leaving the restaurant. The hostess leans forward and says something, and the server pulls her back with her arms around her shoulder and gives it a tap, possibly to prevent her from engaging with them.
One of the women, Dr. Rankin, says something to the hostess, pointing a finger at her before getting into what appears to be a verbal dispute with other restaurant staff members, shaking her head. She and the others are led away by another employee, who is Black. Moments later, the party is led back inside the restaurant by its manager. The party crosses paths with the hostess who exits the restaurant.
Footage from inside the hallway shows the hostess brushing past the women as she exits, at which point the women appear to do a double take before pursuing her out the door. It is not clear what occurred in that moment or what might have motivated them to follow her.
The melee moves off camera, and one of the attackers is hauled away by one of the servers and one of the men who wasn’t allowed in, while staff pull the hostess away, trying to calm her down.
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