walked into the restaurant and asked to be seated, at which point she requested that they show proof of vaccination, per NYC's indoor dining mandate.
The group, however, refused, and then barged into the restaurant, sitting down at several tables, videos show. They still refused to leave after being asked several times, according to the NYPD....
One of the protesters responded by saying that the group was not trespassing but just trying to "access the business and the services" of the Cheesecake Factory.
After some back and forth, police began escorting protesters who refused to leave out of the restaurant, as people shouted that the police were "Nazis" and that they were enforcing "segregation;" the protest had been called a "sit-in," in reference to civil rights protest in the 1960s.
"The manger is asking you to leave, that's their decision. If you guys refuse to leave we're going to give you every opportunity to leave but if you eventually refuse to leave when we tell you to leave we will be arresting you," one officer told group members in a video of the incident.
One of the protesters responded by saying that the group was not trespassing but just trying to "access the business and the services" of the Cheesecake Factory.
After some back and forth, police began escorting protesters who refused to leave out of the restaurant, as people shouted that the police were "Nazis" and that they were enforcing "segregation;" the protest had been called a "sit-in," in reference to civil rights protest in the 1960s.
Evidently, the lawbreakers were not constitutional law experts and
Footage posted to Twitter showed the demonstrators telling police that they were not trespassing on-site and that the arrests would be illegitimate. In one clip, the protesters seemingly compared the police to "Nazis" and described the actions as "segregation" and "discrimination.
A group of 30 + antivaxxers claiming to be doing a “sit in” refused to check in at the host stand, skipped waiting customers, and sat themselves across multiple tables in a Cheesecake Factory in NYC.
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) December 15, 2021
They are now arguing with police. One antivaxxer compared the police to Nazis. pic.twitter.com/elFKOoTZ98
Police arrested, peacefully, six men almost three hours after responding to the incident, which attested to their extreme patience, commitment to de-escalation techniques, and willingness to be compared to Herman Goebbels. Also, to the aptly named Bull Connor:
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