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发帖数: 43471 | 2 3 charged in Carmine's assault claim racial bias; Restaurant releases videos
By Eyewitness News
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10:41AM
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UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- About 30 to 40 protesters gathered
outside Carmine's Italian Restaurant on the Upper West Side Monday evening
amid allegations by three women charged with assaulting a hostess over a
proof of vaccination dispute that they were racially profiled.
The demonstration came as the eatery released new videos of the incident,
albeit without audio, that owners say shows a clearer picture of what
happened.
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The footage shows the women walking up behind the hostess and surrounding
her before the scuffle broke out.
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Carmine's owner Jeffrey Bank released an updated statement in response to
the accusations that one of his employees made racial slurs that provoked
the women to fight.
"Three women brutally attacked our hosts without provocation, got arrested
and charged for their misconduct, and then, over the last several days, had
their lawyer falsely and grossly misrepresent their acts of wanton violence
in a cynical attempt to try to excuse the inexcusable," he said. "My team
members work too hard to serve our guests, work too hard to comply with New
York's vaccination requirements, and still suffer too much from the attack
for me to allow these false statements to stand."
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Bank said the clips show the sequence of events, with the group of three
women first showing up and showing proof of vaccination, followed by a group
of three men who did the same.
They were then seated, before a third group of men arrived but were unable
to show proof. When they couldn't be seated, the host went inside to tell
the rest of the party.
All seated guests are then shown exiting, when words are exchanged between
the group and hostess. A manager comes out and escorts the group back into
the restaurant.
As they are being escorted back inside, Bank said the hostess leaned in and
said, "enjoy your meal," at which point he says she was surrounded and
attacked.
Cell phone video of the incident shows the chaos outside Carmine's, and
screaming can be heard as the women tussle and other members of the group
and staff jump in to drag them away.
The three women, Dr. Kaeita Nkeenge Rankin, her niece Tyonnie Keyshay Rankin
and her assistant Sally Rechelle Lewis, all of the Houston area, are
demanding their charges be dropped and the hostess be fired.
Their attorney, Justin Moore, says they provided documentation of COVID
vaccinations but the altercation escalated after other men who joined the
party did not have ID to match their vaccine cards.
"The Civil Rights Act of 1964 explicitly prohibits restaurants from refusing
service to citizens based on race, color, religion, or national origin,"
Moore said. "For a restaurant to arbitrarily decide if a person's
vaccination ID is real or not and use it as a proxy for their violent racism
has no place in our society. And then, to arrest these women after they
were being attacked further adds insult to injury. My firm seeks to help
these women navigate such a hurtful and embarrassing incident."
Moore said the group was prepared to eat elsewhere, but another employee
told them to come back, which he says the hostess did not like.
Moore said the hostess suggested the vaccination cards were fake, spoke
condescendingly to the group, and used a racial slur before lunging at the
women.
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He said one of the women in the group took the hostess' actions as an
attempted assault and pushed her, and they say the hostess then pushed back.
They also claim the hostess' injuries were sustained when she was being
restrained by other staff members.
"News reports, fueled by a false narrative put out by Carmine's, wrongly
suggest that Dr. Rankin, her niece, and Ms. Lewis attempted to forcefully
violate the vaccination ID policy that has been implemented in New York,"
Moore said. "This could not be further from the truth. These three women
each had proof of vaccination that was questioned arbitrarily and
unjustifiably by Carmine's. According to witnesses, the hostess refused
service to these women and got hostile with them. 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. Unfortunately, but not so uncommon, these Black women were
arrested and humiliated for the discrimination by someone who is non-Black."
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Carmine's released the following statement denying the accusations:
Last week's violence against our staff had nothing to do with race, despite
a Texas criminal defense lawyer's false assertions to the contrary. Three of
our hosts who are respectively Black, Latinx, and Asian American women did
their best to welcome a large party while enforcing New York's vaccination
requirement for indoor dining. We require that every guest show evidence of
vaccination to eat inside. Unfortunately, some male members of the party
were unable to provide vaccination proof and so could not enter the
restaurant. Three female guests in the party who had shown proof of
vaccination and been welcomed into the restaurant without issue then
launched an entirely unprovoked, brutal attack on our hosts, one of whom
continues to suffer from a concussion.
None of the attackers offered any reason for their attack. None of the hosts
- all of whom are people of color - uttered a racial slur. None of the
attackers mentioned anything about race to our managers, staff, or the
police who arrested them, and the Texas criminal defense lawyer's false
assertion otherwise is a deeply cynical ploy to try to excuse wanton
violence.
We are focused on keeping our employees safe as they continue to enforce New
York's vaccine mandates, and we encourage everyone to get vaccinated. We
are also very grateful for all of the support from our community and the
City, which has been incredibly touching for our staff.
The women were given desk appearance tickets on charges of assault and
disorderly conduct.
"Assaulting a restaurant worker for doing their job is abhorrent and must be
punished," said Andrew Rigie, executive director of the NYC Hospitality
Alliance. "We're calling on the city and state of New York to immediately
increase penalties for assaulting restaurant workers in New York City in
conjunction with enforcement of COVID-19 protocols."
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: 三个不带口罩，不打疫苗得川粉把一个亚裔女服务员打了。你们不上街抗议还算是个人么
: https://abc7ny.com/video/embed/?pid=11033951
| c*******o
发帖数: 8869 | 3 是这仨货吧。
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人么
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: 3 charged in Carmine's assault claim racial bias; Restaurant releases videos
: By Eyewitness News
: Tuesday, September 21, 2021 10:41AM
: EMBED <>MORE VIDEOS
: Watch the Eyewitness News Morning Update
: UPPER WEST SIDE, Manhattan (WABC) -- About 30 to 40 protesters gathered
: outside Carmine's Italian Restaurant on the Upper West Side Monday evening
: amid allegations by three women charged with assaulting a hostess over a
: proof of vaccination dispute that they were racially profiled.
: The demonstration came as the eatery released new videos of the incident,
| d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 4 你先上街做个人，再来谈是那几个人渣
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: 是这仨货吧。
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| n*****y
发帖数: 1 | 5 博导太慢了。上个星期已经贴过了。
据说blm昨天还要在餐馆抗议。
有人去了吗？
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人么
【在 d********f 的大作中提到】
: 你先上街做个人，再来谈是那几个人渣
| h******g
发帖数: 209 | 6 你这成天散布美军投毒的货还活着？真应该把你这种货举报给fbi。还装黄左。你连作
弊都算不上就是给纯五毛。三个里一个说大麦克，一个是你的碰麻麻。
: 是这仨货吧。
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: 人么
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: 是这仨货吧。
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| h******g
发帖数: 209 | 7 媒体一开头全避开不谈族裔，只说三个都是德州游客，。作弊媒体真它麻痹牛逼，故意
挑动仇恨。干脆分开算了。让猪党在纽约，加州搞专政好了。反正现在事实上也是了。 | g****2
发帖数: 1 | | d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 9 blm去了，班上得华左好像都没做人得勇气，都没去
【在 n*****y 的大作中提到】
: 博导太慢了。上个星期已经贴过了。
: 据说blm昨天还要在餐馆抗议。
: 有人去了吗？
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| n*****y
发帖数: 1 | 10 我操，他们还真有脸去呀。
这世界，真是黑白颠倒了
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: blm去了，班上得华左好像都没做人得勇气，都没去
| d********f
发帖数: 43471 | 11 jb爷给强奸抢劫犯下跪
【在 n*****y 的大作中提到】
: 我操，他们还真有脸去呀。
: 这世界，真是黑白颠倒了
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