Videotape has caught what appears to be an angry white guy going on
a rant against workers at a New York restaurant who spoke Spanish in his
presence.
The man is attorney Aaron Schlossberg. The video went viral
on YouTube on the same day as President Trump said "these aren't
people. They're animals" during a meeting with law enforcement officials
on the subject of illegal immigration at the White House.
His comment came after a comment from the sheriff of Fresno County, Calif.,
about issues in deporting members of MS-13, a violent gang. Trump and his chief
spokeswoman clarified Thursday that Trump was referring to gang members,
not illegal immigrants as a whole.
At the restaurant, the Fresh Kitchen in Manhattan, the man starts off by
complaining to an employee who appears to be a manager, "Your staff is
speaking Spanish when they should be speaking English. It's America."
Though parts of the videotape are inaudable, he is heard saying: "My
guess is they are not documented."
He blasts them for having come to the U.S. and how they "live off my
money. I pay for their welfare. I pay for their ability to be here. The least
they can do is speak English."
Another coffee shop confrontation caught on smartphone video caused a stir
on social media last week — only this time it involved a man angered by a woman
who identified herself as a Muslim.
In a video seen 1.6 million times on Twitter by Monday night, the man turns
to the woman and asks, "Is it Halloween or something?" When she
replies, "Do you know I am a Muslim?" and inquires whether he has a
problem with it, he says, "I don't like your religion, how's that?"
and adds, "I don't want to be killed by you."
The incident took place Friday at a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf shop in
Riverside east of Los Angeles.
In the confrontation, the woman tries to engage the man in a discussion
about religion, asking him whether he has read the Koran or the Bible, and
mentions the teachings of Jesus. The man dismisses her, saying "I don't
have any kind of conversation with idiots."
She says, "You are committing hate speech against me" as another
customer is heard shouting at the man from across the room, invoking the f-word
and calling him a racist. A barista behind the counter who identifies herself
as the supervisor said she isn't serving the man because he's being disruptive
and "being very racist."
He then leaves.
From USA Today (edited)
Click HERE to watch the video of the attorney and HERE to watch the footage of the man who was refused service because of his anti-Muslin remarks
