AN ANGRY MOB ATTACKED A CAFE IN EAST LONDON OVER EXPENSIVE CEREAL.
LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT THE VIDEO FROM INSIDE THE CAF….
WE'VE JUST CALLED THE POLICE.
I'M REALLY WORRIED THEY ARE
GOING TO BREAK THE BARS.
JUST STAY DOWNSTAIRS AND WE WILL LET
YOU KNOW WHEN IT IS FINISHED.
ALL RIGHT, SO YOU WERE SEEING THE FOOTAGE FROM THE INSIDE OF
THE CAF…, AND HE IS TALKING TO THE OTHER EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS
THERE WERE SOME CUSTOMERS INSIDE OF THE CAF….
THE PEOPLE OUTSIDE
OF THE CAF…
ARE ANTI-GENTRIFICATION ACTIVISTS,
CALLING THEMSELVES FUCK PARADE.
THEY ATTACKED THE CEREAL CAF…
IN
LONDON ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
"THE OWNERS AND THEIR STAFF AND
CUSTOMERS HAD TO BARRICADE
THEMSELVES INSIDE WHILE THE ADJUSTERS WROTE SCUM ON THE
WINDOW.
THE CAF…, WHICH SELLS CEREAL FOR
BETWEEN TWO AND FIVE POUNDS A BOWL, IS VERY UPSET, SAYING THEY
HAVE BEEN THE VICTIMS OF A HATE
CRIME."
THEY ALSO SAID THAT THEY ARE UNHAPPY WITH THE STATE
OF THE COUNTRY, WHY NOT ATTACK A SMALL BUSINESS?
THE OWNER THEN
WENT ON TO SAY THAT IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT GENTRIFICATION AND
DIFFERENT CLASSES, YOU DON'T GO ABOUT ATTACKING INDEPENDENT
BUSINESSES WHO ARE PUTTING THEIR WHOLE LIFE ON THE LINE TO OPEN A
BUSINESS.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY ALSO CALLED ATTENTION
TO THIS FACT, TALKING ABOUT A SUBWAY THAT IS AROUND THE CORNER
FROM THIS CAF…, SAYING WHY ARE THE IDIOTS VANDALIZING A SMALL
FAMILY RUN BUSINESS WHEN THERE ARE PLENTY OF
CORPORATE GIANTS AROUND THERE TO HIT?
YOU DON'T WANT TO RUN INTO JARED.
I LOVE THE STRATEGY.
INSTEAD OF SAYING, DON'T BE VIOLENT, THEY SAY GO BE VIOLENT TO THE BIG
GUY.
I ALSO DON'T SUPPORT THE FUCK PARADERS.
I ALSO DON'T
SUPPORT THEM ATTACKING THE HIPSTERíS CEREAL PLACE.
THE PRICE ASIDE.
YOU CAN GET DIFFERENT TOPPINGS AND TYPES OF MILK.
I DON'T
UNDERSTAND WHY THEY FELT THEY NEEDED TO GO AFTER THIS ONE
PLACE.
ALL OF THE ARTICLE HEADLINES ARE, WE ARE ATTACKING
THE HIPSTERS.
I FEEL LIKE THIS IS BLOWING A CERTAIN ASPECT OF THIS OUT
OF PROPORTION.
I THINK THAT CEREAL IS A PRODUCT THAT HAS APPEAL OUTSIDE
OF JUST HIPSTERS.
THE ACTIVISTS ARE PROBABLY SIMILAR TO HIPSTERS
THEMSELVES.
I GET WHAT THEY ARE DOING, AND WE HAVE THINGS GOING
ON IN AMERICAN CITIES AS WELL.
THE FIGHT AGAINST GENTRIFICATION
IS NOT JUST NOT LIKING A PLACE.
I SEE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN
POSTED IN NEIGHBORHOODS IN SAN FRANCISCO RECENTLY THAT SAY,
IF YOU ARE AN EMPLOYEE OF A CERTAIN COMPANY, THEN YOU NEED
TO GET THE FUCK OUT.
AUSTIN IS CHANGING AS WELL.
THERE ARE
PARTS OF LA, WHERE WE CHOOSE ONE SECTION TO GENTRIFY EVERY DECADE, IT SEEMS.
SO I GET WHY THEY ARE UPSET, BUT IT IS NOT OKAY TO BE VIOLENT.
IT IS NEVER OKAY TO BE VIOLENT?
PROBABLY NOT NEVER, BUT NOT GENTRIFICATION.
GET ALL OF THESE PEOPLE TOGETHER AND GO TO THE GOVERNMENT.
TALK TO THE GOVERNMENT, OR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE RENTING OUT
THESE SPOTS.
DON'T GO TO THE STUPID SMALL BUSINESS, BECAUSE YOU ARE
JUST HURTING THE BUSINESS IN THE AREA.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT THE GOVERNMENT WOULD DO.
IT IS A TOUGH CALL.
I APPLAUD ANY KIND OF PEOPLE WITH
A SOCIAL CONSCIENCE.
I LIKE THAT PART OF IT.
THE INCREDIBLE
AMOUNT OF OUT OF TOUCH, OR LACK OF SENSITIVITY, OR COARSENESS
THAT THESE PEOPLE ñ
[AUDIO DROP]
THIS IS GOING TO BE A SYMBOL OF THE SHIT THAT IS HAPPENING IN
OUR COUNTRY.
RIGHT NOW THERE IS A LEFT WING UPRISING HAPPENING IN THE UK,
JEREMY CORBYN ELECTED WITH THE BIGGEST MARGIN SINCE WORLD WAR
II.
PEOPLE ARE SICK AND TIRED OF THIS KIND OF STUFF, SO
UNFORTUNATELY THIS CEREAL BUSINESS
ñ GO PUT THAT ON PARK AVENUE, OR WHEREVER THE RICH STREET IS IN
LONDON.
DON'T GO TO A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD AND OPEN UP
SOMETHING THAT IS OSTENTATIOUS LIKE THAT, OKAY?
THAT IS LIKE
STICKING YOUR THUMB RIGHT IN
THEIR EYE.
DON'T DO THAT.
PEOPLE GET TO DECIDE WHAT TYPE
OF CULTURE THEY LIVE IN, AND RIGHT NOW THEY FEEL LIKE THE
GOVERNMENT ISNíT RESPONDING TO THEM.
THEY FEEL POWERLESS, AND
THAT IS WHEN PEOPLE DO STUFF LIKE THIS.
THEY SEE THEIR
NEIGHBORHOOD CHANGING AND THEY FEEL POWERLESS.
I WAS JUST IN
MANHATTAN LAST WEEKEND, AND THE MEDIAN PRICE FOR A ONE-BEDROOM
APARTMENT IN MANHATTAN IS $4,100.
IF YOU BUY A $1 MILLION HOUSE,
YOUR MORTGAGE PAYMENT IS $5000 A MONTH.
$4000 FOR A ONE-BEDROOM
IN MANHATTAN, AND I AM THINKING AS I AM HAVING LUNCH, AND
DINNER, AND BREAKFAST AND I AM GETTING IN A CAB, I AM THINKING,
NONE OF THESE PEOPLE CAN LIVE HERE.
I KNOW YOU CAN'T AFFORD TO LIVE
IN MANHATTAN.
WE CANNOT ENDORSE VIOLENCE, BECAUSE IT WOULD COME
BACK TO HURT THE COMPANY.
BUT PERSONALLY ñ
PERSONALLY I AM GOING TO ENDORSE VIOLENCE ñ
YES ñ
BY ELECTING JEREMY CORBYN, AND PUSHING FOR A MORE
PROGRESSIVE GOVERNMENT, ARENíT THEY DOING WHAT WE ARE SAYING THEY
SHOULD BE DOING TO CHANGE THAT?
IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
RENT BEING TOO EXPENSIVE, AND JEREMY CORBYN SUPPORTS
RENT-CONTROLLING, SOMETHING NOT
BEING DISCUSSED IN AMERICA.
IT SEEMS LIKE THEY ARE DOING THE
THING THAT IS SUPPOSED TO LEAD
TO WHAT THEY WANT.
AT THIS POINT IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE THE
CEREAL PLACE SHOULD BE THE BOWL HEARD AROUND THE WORLD.
I AM NOT SAYING THEY ARE EVIL, BUT COME ON, YOU DO NOT
THINK ñ
THERE IS SOME POSITIVES TO THIS.
I WENT TO DUKE, AND IT
WASN'T A SAFE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND A LOT OF FOOD
PLACES CAME IN AND MADE IT A TOURIST DESTINATION, WHICH
BOUGHT A LOT OF MONEY TO THE CITY AND GAVE IT THE ABILITY TO
PROVIDE MORE GOOD THINGS FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ALREADY LIVED THERE.
THERE ARE BENEFITS TO HAVING SOME SORT OF THING, AND THAT IS
WHAT THEY ARE SAYING.
THEY SAY THAT THEY ARE BRINGING TOURISTS
WHO WANT TO GO TO A CEREAL SHOP, OR WHATEVER.
A TOURIST ATTRACTION?
100 PERCENT.
WHEN I WAS IN PHILADELPHIA, THERE IS A CEREAL
SHOP THERE.
THEY ARE COOL.
IT IS LIKE FROYO, BUT IT IS CEREAL.
IT IS DIFFERENT, PEOPLE LIKE DIFFERENT THINGS.
I'M NOT SAYING IT IS BAD.
BY THE WAY, BACK IN COLLEGE I USED
TO PUT CEREAL ON ICE CREAM ALL THE TIME, SO I DID IT
BEFORE IT WAS COOL.
YOU STARTED THE TREND.
LET'S SAY WE WENT TO A POOR NEIGHBORHOOD HERE IN LOS
ANGELES, PICK ONE, AND THEN YOU OPENED UP A CHEWING GUM STORE
AND YOU ARE GOING TO CHARGE TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS A PACK.
YOU WOULD GO OUT OF BUSINESS.
I WOULD WANT TO THROW A BRICK THROUGH THE WINDOW OF THAT
PLACE IF I LIVED THERE.
BUT WHAT DOES THAT ACHIEVE?
BUT LET'S SAY THERE ARE RICH PEOPLE COMING IN AND PAYING
TWENTY-FIVE DOLLARS FOR THAT.
YOU SEE THE POINT I AM MAKING, RIGHT?
THAT IT WOULD PISS YOU OFF?
YES, I SEE THE POINT.
I UNDERSTAND WHY THESE PEOPLE MAY BE UPSET, BUT I DO NOT
THINK THAT IN ANY CASE THIS IS OKAY OR ACCEPTABLE.
I DO NOT THINK IT ACHIEVES ANYTHING.
THEY DID NOT HURT ANYBODY, RIGHT?
ONE PERSON WAS REPORTEDLY ARRESTED DURING THE
DEMONSTRATION ON SUSPICION OF CRIMINAL DAMAGE.
A POLICE OFFICER WAS INJURED AFTER BEING STRUCK BY A BOTTLE.
IN AMERICA, SOMEONE WOULD HAVE BEEN SHOT.