Moments later, the party is led back inside the restaurant by its manager. She and the others are led away by another employee, who is Black. 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. They were released with a court date of Oct. Rankin, 44, police identified the other women who were arrested as Tyonnie Keshay Rankin, 21, of Humble, Texas, and Sally Rechelle Lewis, 49, of Houston. Most of the burden of enforcement has fallen on restaurant employees, particularly front-of-house staff members who are typically the first to engage with customers. The city began enforcing the rule on Monday. Restaurants across New York City have been grappling with how best to adhere to the new mandate from Mayor Bill de Blasio that requires people to prove they have received at least one dose of a virus vaccine before dining indoors. “Restaurants are using vaccine mandates to enforce their racist beliefs and excluding Black patrons,” said Hawk Newsome, the co-founder and chairman of Black Lives Matter Greater New York. “As all of the women showed proof of vaccination they were all permitted to enter and were in fact seated inside.”Īmid the dueling accounts, a Black Lives Matter activist said his group planned to demonstrate outside Carmine’s on Monday to protest the treatment of Black patrons. “The idea that anyone would become violent as an employee performs this necessary function is anathema to New York, the hospitality industry and New Yorkers in general,” she added. “The pandemic has added a key responsibility to the host position - insuring the safety and health of all employees and guests by checking for proof of vaccination in compliance with New York City law.” “Nothing about this incident suggests race was an issue,” Carolyn Richmond, a lawyer who represents the restaurant, wrote in an email. The restaurant denied the allegations that racism played a role in the conflict.
He called the altercation “mutual combat.” She tells her: ‘This isn’t your restaurant. Rankin hears that, she turns around and addresses the hostess. “They also heard the hostess say, ‘Yeah, you guys can leave my restaurant,’ or something very aggressive like that. “The hostess begins spouting out derogatory comments, and speaking with two of the women they claim that the N-word is being spewed out” Mr. He also said the Texas women claim that the hostess assaulted them. Justin Moore, a lawyer who represents one of the women, Kaeita Nkeenge Rankin, said that the hostess used a racial slur and spoke condescendingly to the patrons, suggesting that their vaccination cards were fake. A short time later, after the three women, who are Black, have joined the men outside, the fight breaks out. Several minutes later, three men arrive to join the group, but only one of the three shows a vaccination card, lawyers for both sides said. Security camera footage reviewed by The New York Times shows three women, who were with several other people, being ushered into the restaurant after showing documentation near the entrance. The altercation began after two men who joined their party several minutes later were unable to provide proof, the lawyers for both sides said. The three women were charged with assault and criminal mischief.īut on Saturday, lawyers for both Carmine’s and the women said that the three women had, in fact, provided documentation of Covid vaccinations. In a statement on Thursday, the police said that they had responded to an assault in front of Carmine’s on the Upper West Side of Manhattan involving a 24-year-old hostess, who told them that she got into a dispute with three women after she requested to see their Covid-19 vaccination cards. New information emerged on Saturday about a brawl outside a popular Italian restaurant in Manhattan that raises questions about initial accounts of the altercation, in which the police said they arrested three women from Texas after they attacked a hostess who had asked them to provide proof of their vaccination status.
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