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A trio of rabid leftist employees have been fired from an Oakland coffee shop after they were caught on video blocking a Jewish customer from entering a restroom so she could document anti-Semitic graffiti.
What's the background?
Cellphone video shows the trio of Farley's East employees — two masked females and one unmasked male — blocking the woman from entering the restroom.
The male is heard telling the woman she already got her food and that she's "holding up s**t."
One of the females tells the customer that "this is private property" and tells her to leave the coffee shop.
"I want to go into the restroom," the woman says repeatedly.
The male employee remarks, "I know Israel loves taking private property and saying it's their own …"
A female employee accuses the customer of "misgendering" — though the context of the accusation isn't clear.
The customer says it's her right to enter the restroom, to which the male employee replies, "And we have a right to refuse service."
The employees blocking the customer also tell the determined woman she can use the coffee shop's other restroom — just not the one they're blocking.
The customer digs in her heels and refuses to leave — and then challenges the employees, saying that if they "agree" with the graffiti in the restroom, they shouldn't be afraid of her documenting it.
With that, she's allowed to enter the restroom, where she records video showing the graffiti. One message read, "Zionism = fascism":
The other graffiti read, “Your neutrality ... is enabling genocide”:
The male employee is heard telling the woman, "History didn't start in 1948, lady," while another tells her, "Free Palestine," as she departs.
Content warning: Language:
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Initial apology draws angry responses
Farley's East apologized on its Facebook page last week — a post that has since been taken down. While the apology note indicated the shop has "taken corrective measures with our staff and removed the offensive graffiti" and that "we're not anti-Semitic," a deluge of angry comments poured in — as of Friday afternoon, the apology post had drawn nearly 6,000 comments and nearly 3,000 angry emojis.
Conservative commentator Jason Rantz told Farley's East, "This is a pathetic apology. No comment about the antisemitic staff?"
Fired
Farley's East posted a new Facebook statement Saturday saying the three employees caught on video had been fired.
"Events like these strike fear in the Jewish community and perpetuate the rise of anti-Semitism in our community and around the world. We do not tolerate any behavior at Farley’s that makes people feel unwelcome or unsafe," the statement read, in part, adding that "though all employees are entitled to hold differing viewpoints, they are not entitled to express themselves on the job in ways that are disrespectful and hurtful to anyone."
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Reportedly Jewish customer wants to document anti-Semitic graffiti in coffee shop restroom. Rabid leftist workers block her.
A reportedly Jewish customer recently wanted to enter a restroom in an Oakland coffee shop to document anti-Semitic graffiti scrawled inside it, but three coffee shop employees were caught on video blocking the customer from entering the restroom, telling her to leave, and making anti-Semitic comments of their own in the process.
What are the details?
Farley's East coffee shop is apologizing after the confrontation caught on video last week, KPIX-TV reported.
Cellphone video shows the trio of employees — two masked females and one unmasked male — blocking the woman from entering the restroom.
The male is heard telling the woman she already got her food and that she's "holding up s**t."
One of the females tells the customer that "this is private property" and tells her to leave the coffee shop.
"I want to go into the restroom," the woman says repeatedly.
The male employee remarks, "I know Israel loves taking private property and saying it's their own …"
A female employee accuses the customer of "misgendering" — though the context of the accusation isn't clear.
The customer says it's her right to enter the restroom, to which the male employee replies, "And we have a right to refuse service."
A third woman — who's unmasked and standing off to the side — jumps into the fray and tells the customer she can use the restroom next door if she wants.
The employees blocking the customer also tell the determined woman she can use the coffee shop's other restroom — just not the one they're blocking.
The customer digs in her heels and refuses to leave — and then challenges the employees, saying that if they "agree" with the graffiti in the restroom, they shouldn't be afraid of her documenting it.
With that, she's allowed to enter the restroom where she records video showing the graffiti. One message read, "Zionism = fascism."
The other graffiti read, “Your neutrality ... is enabling genocide”:
The male employee is heard telling the woman, "History didn't start in 1948, lady," while another tells her, "Free Palestine," as she departs.
Content warning: Language:
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Apology draws angry responses
Farley's East apologized on its Facebook page:
While the apology note indicated that the shop has "taken corrective measures with our staff and removed the offensive graffiti" and that "we're not anti-Semitic," a deluge of angry comments poured in — as of Friday afternoon, the apology post has drawn nearly 6,000 comments and nearly 3,000 angry emojis.
The Facebook account for conservative commentator Jason Rantz's radio show told Farley's East, "This is a pathetic apology. No comment about the antisemitic staff?"
Others couldn't have agreed more:
- "You may not be antisemetic, but your employees seem to be. Especially the male in the video. How dare he make these statements to her. Time to rethink your staff. I’m trying really hard to be civil here. They’re not making it easy! And about the graffiti, if they knew it was there, it should have immediately been removed. Or the bathrooms closed to everyone with an ‘out of order’ excuse until it could be dealt with," another commenter wrote.
- "Every single employee in the video needs to be fired. Every. Single. One," another commenter said. "I hope she sues not only the restaurant, but these employees as well. This is NOT 1940s Germany, as much as these employees hope for it."
- "Not enough, training. Those employees are the face and heart of your shop. If they don't reflect your values, they shouldn't be there," another commenter stated. "If they're still there tomorrow, they reflect your values."
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Northern Ireland authorities call 'Irish Lives Matter' graffiti 'hate incident,' 'racist poison'
Police in Northern Ireland are treating "Irish Lives Matter" graffiti seen in west Belfast as a "hate incident," Independent Television reported.
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ITV said the graffiti appeared after signs saying the community "will no longer accept the re-housing of illegal immigrants" were put up Tuesday in the Suffolk area.
Gerry Carroll, a member of the Legislative Assembly in West Belfast, told the station there was no place for this "racist poison"; Paul Maskey, a Sinn Féin member of Parliament, called the graffiti an "attempt to create fear and intimidate people."
Inspector Andrew Matson told ITV "we are treating the matter as a hate incident."
The development comes on the heels of violent protests in Dublin after a stabbing attack outside a school. An Algerian immigrant reportedly stabbed three children and two adults, leaving a 5-year-old girl and 30-year-old woman in critical condition.
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Former UFC champion Conor McGregor called for change and greater safety in Ireland: "In a war you are nothing. We are not backing down, we are only warming up. There will be no backing down until real change is implemented for the safety of our nation. We are not losing any more of our woman and children to sick and twisted people who should not even be in Ireland in the first place. Call it what you want. We do not care. May God help us all. Ireland for victory."
Following McGregor's comments, police in Ireland launched an investigation into whether his words amounted to hate speech.
In addition, a June speech from Green Party Senator Pauline O’Reilly went viral over the weekend. O'Reilly argued in favor of a bill that would allow the government to punish people for hate speech, noting that it's also important to put a damper on free speech.
“When you think about it, all law, all legislation is about the restriction of freedom. That’s exactly what we are doing here ... we are are restricting freedom, but we’re doing it for the common good," she said. "You will see throughout our constitution, yes you have rights, but they are restricted for the common good. Everything needs to be balanced."
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Cops stop car showing anti-Israel slogans, swastikas; say loaded gun found inside. Driver reportedly aimed to 'educate the public' on Israel-Hamas war's 'true events.'
Police in New York state stopped a car this week that photos show was covered with anti-Israel slogans and swastikas — after which police said they found a loaded gun inside the vehicle.
What are the details?
Hani Saleh, 47, of Elmsford was pulled over Wednesday because graffiti covered his car's windshield, the New York Post reported, citing White Plains police.
In regard to the messages on his vehicle, the Post — citing a criminal complaint — said Saleh told police he was “trying to educate the public to the true events in the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas."
More from the paper:
The hateful messages on his Volkswagen Passat included a Star of David and swastika intertwined and an American flag that had the white Nazi symbol where the 50 stars should be, according to photos from the complaint provided by the Westchester County District Attorney’s Office.
Saleh’s car also had “Hamas resistance is not terrorism” scrolled on it and “New ISIS” next to the American and Israeli flags, additional photos showed.
He also allegedly said "President Biden is a Zionist," the paper reported, adding that Saleh said he was planning to drive to Washington, D.C., to protest the Middle East war.
Saleh also said he’s been stopped at multiple locations in Westchester due to the slogans and symbols on his car and was in contact with the FBI as recently as last week for the same reason, police said in the complaint, according to the Post.
Authorities told the paper the car was impounded because the license plate was allegedly fake, after which a loaded gun was found under the driver’s seat.
Saleh was arrested and charged for possessing a loaded semiautomatic weapon without a permit, authorities added.
The suspect was arraigned Thursday in White Plains City Court on a charge of second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, a felony, the district attorney’s office told the Post.
Saleh's next court date is set for Nov. 2, the paper said.
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Federal judge blocks Seattle police from making arrests for property destruction: 'We are bound by the court order'
Seattle police will stop enforcing the city's ordinance against property destruction after a federal judge issued a temporary injunction against the law.
On Tuesday, U.S. District Court Judge Marsha Pechman temporarily stopped enforcement of Seattle's property destruction ordinance because she believes it may violate the First Amendment and the 14th Amendment.
The decision stems from a case, Tucson v. City of Seattle, in which four people were arrested for using chalk to deface a concrete barrier outside a police precinct building in January 2021. The individuals were accused of writing messages critical of police, like "Fuck SPD" and "BLM."
Current Seattle law says that people are guilty of property destruction, a gross misdemeanor, if they "intentionally damage the property of another" or they write, paint, or draw "any inscription, figure, or mark of any type on any public or private building or other structure or any real or personal property owned by any other person."
In her ruling, Pechman, a Bill Clinton appointee, said the ordinance is overly broad and unconstitutionally vague. She wrote:
The Court finds that the public interest is served by issuance of a preliminary injunction.The Court agrees with Defendants that the public benefits from preventing property damage andvisual blight. But the criminalization of free speech significantly harms the public interest in far greater measure than the public might benefit from criminalizing property damage. The public interest here weighs strongly in favor of Plaintiffs’ requested injunction.
Pechman's ruling is far-reaching. According to the Seattle Times, plaintiffs originally challenged the ordinance section that applied to graffiti. But Pechman enjoined the entire ordinance.
That means, according to the Seattle Police Department, that officers "cannot take action on damage to property under this law" until further order of the court.
"This is not a matter within SPD or City discretion; we are bound by the court order as it is written," SPD said in a statement.
"We know, as evidenced by the thousands of calls for service we receive each year reporting acts of vandalism and other forms of property damage that property damage is, in fact, a crime that is of significance to community members," the statement added.
Both parties, however, agreed the injunction should only apply to the ordinance section relating to graffiti. Now, it's up to Pechman to narrow the scope of her order if she chooses.
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After the N-word and a threat were found scrawled in a porta-potty at a Facebook data center construction site in Utah, all 1,300 workers were sent home and a $50,000 reward was offered to identify the guilty party, KUTV-TV reported.
What are the details?
The message on the door facing the inside of the porta-potty in Eagle Mountain reads, "Kill a ****** day 11/29," the station said.
Upon discovery of the slur and threat, Mortenson Construction told its 1,300 construction workers about the graffiti and elected to send them home last Monday as a precautionary measure, authorities told KUTV.
What did Facebook have to say?
"Meta, formerly Facebook, has zero tolerance for any racist acts," a Facebook spokesperson said in regard to the graffiti, according to the station. "While this is a challenge facing the entire industry, we're working with our general contractors to implement measures that will help prevent them at any of our construction sites."
The Eagle Mountain Data Center is one of 17 such Facebook facilities worldwide, KSTU-TV reported.
The threat wasn't directed at a specific person, and there is no credible evidence the threat will be acted upon, KUTV said, citing authorities. In addition, since the construction site is a secure area, authorities told the station the vandalism may be an inside job.
Mortenson Construction released the following statement regarding the incident, KUTV said:
"Mortenson's priority is the safety and welfare of our team members and all people on our projects. We are investigating bias-motivated graffiti found today on the Eagle Mountain project site. We strongly condemn any form of racism or bigotry, and we have a clear, zero-tolerance anti-harassment, anti-discrimination policy. Mortenson takes this matter very seriously and we reported it to local authorities.
"We stopped work today to immediately and directly address this situation with team members and project partners, underscore our team's anti-harassment policy, and restate our expectations for conduct on site. There is a $50,000 reward for information leading to the identification of the individual(s) responsible.
"Mortenson and Meta, formerly Facebook, are committed to creating a culture of inclusion, fostering a diverse workforce, and to maintaining an environment where dignity and respect for everyone on our project is paramount."
Anything else?
After Sgt. Spencer Cannon — public information officer with the Utah County Sheriff's Office — tweeted about the incident, one commenter replied "white lives matter."
With that, Cannon answered back, "But we must recognize the fact that people aren't generally writing bathroom wall graffiti that says 'Kill a cracker day 11/29.' So in that light your statement is insensitive at the very least and should be kept to yourself."
Here's the KATU report:
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