[NOISE]
That was the scene in
New York City, where a group of
tourists from Texas showed up to
get into an indoor dining area at a
restaurant in the Upper West Side.
And when presented with the fact
that they need to
show their vaccine proof, at
least one dose of a vaccine proof,
fights broke out instead.
So let's get to some of the details
of what happened.
The attack happened outside
Carmine's Restaurant on the Upper
West Side early Thursday evening.
The 22 year old hostess asked the
group of Texans to show proof of
getting the COVID vaccine in order
to dine in the restaurant, which is
part of New York's executive order
that went into effect this week.
Law enforcement sources said that
the hostess was then repeatedly
punched in the face and body, and
sent to the hospital.
So Carmine's, that restaurant said
that the incident was a shocking
and tragic situation when one of
our valued employees is assaulted
just for doing their job,
as is required by city policies and
trying to make a living.
So the three suspects, they're 21,
44, and 49.
They're going to be facing some
charges.
We don't know exactly
what those charges are yet, but
they could be multiple levels.
Assault in the third degree will
get you a misdemeanor charge and
punishable by up to one year in
the local jail, three years
probation, or lesser penalties
like conditional discharges and
fines and all those things.
Second degree gets you
other things.
It gets a little higher.
I'm not saying it's going to get
much up to the first degree with
the B violent felony with
a sentence of 25 years in prison,
that's not going to happen.
But there's a range they
can go with.
We'll see exactly what happens
here, but the real problem is
the fact that a vaccine request
from a hostess who's doing her job,
got this kind of response.
>> Yeah, no, no, no, no,
they need to set an example here.
They need to charge them with
really serious crimes.
And they need to put them in
jail for at least a year.
So why am I saying that, guys?
Normally we talk about criminal
justice reform.
And America, generally speaking,
punishes too much, not too little.
But in this case, if you just let
people off with fines, it's
going to encourage more violence.
This is non-stop violence
by the right wing.
And whenever they don't like their
way they go, I have the freedom.
I have the freedom to spread deadly
diseases to you.
Now I have the freedom to swing my
arms wildly and punch you in
the face several times.
No, you do not have that freedom.
No, you're impinging upon my rights
when you hit my face.
So they should send a very clear
message and charge them with very
serious crimes.
They punched that woman in the face
multiple times.
And God knows what kind of damage
they could have done if they
weren't stopped eventually.
And so if you don't put an end to
it, the vigilante violence
from the right wing, thinking that
they're defending freedom from
government tyranny at Carmine's,
from pasta tyranny at Carmine's.
I'm joking, but I'm not.
They're going to do way more
violence as we go forward.
>> Yeah, and
I'm out here in this area.
I live in Jersey right next to New
York and the really sad part about
this is how many other options they
had because you can still eat
outside, you can still order food.
You can still enjoy the city in
a variety of different ways.
And what's important is to really
for the same people who obviously
always talking about the rights to
privacy, don't want to hear that.
The same people who don't want to
deal with the consequences of
the choices that they make.
If you don't want to
get vaccinated,
we're not forcing you to do it.
The country is not
forcing you to do it.
However, if you don't get
vaccinated, then there's going to
be places that you can't enter,
there's going to be places
that you can't go.
However, many Americans are so
childish that they just can't
handle that.
And as you pointed out and
as we just saw from the video,
this type of radicalization is
hitting the streets.
And unfortunately, because so many
people are not getting vaccinated,
the numbers are continuing to
spread.
And as mask mandates and
different types of mandates
like this persist, the anger is
going to continue to grow.
So, like you said, there needs to
be an example made out of them so
that people know that there will
be consequences if they decide to
do this.
>> It's weird how folks may be
coming from Texas.
You know a lot of people from
different states,
especially when it's more of
the conservative type of states.
I don't know what these folks
background, but the one definitely
thing is you come to our state,
you follow our rules.
Did you not know New York
had this put in place?
Did you not know that these liberal
bastions were doing things like
this to make sure people were
protected and they had these
different policies in place?
We know what Governor Abbott's
doing down in Texas.
So if you go down to Texas, you can
understand what you're going to get
yourself involved with.
Whether you like it or not,
it's what the locals may say.
So why doesn't that apply here?
You're going to travel up to
New York.
And then I can't believe you ain't
let me in the restaurant without
my vaccine, what is this?
Where have you been?
Where have you been living?
Do you not know what's been going
on? Is this a surprise to anybody?
>> Yeah, it's a great point, Jayar.
Whenever you go down there they do
that weirdly terroristic threat of
not around these parts, right?
All right, well, not around these
goddamn parts in New York.
And by the way,
what used to be all of America,
you're not allowed to punch people.
That isn't your goddamn freedom.
I know these lunatics have lost
their minds.
I have total freedom to do anything
I want, right?
Well, I'm going to drive 200 miles
per hour in your residential area
and maybe kills your kids but
I have freedom, government tyranny.
No way man.
You know what, the government
tyranny to put a mask on,
government tyranny to put pants on
or underwear on.
I'm going to show my junk
at the mall, freedom, freedom, and
they believe it.
They believe it, I swear they'll
watch this video and they'll be
like that's a good point.
Why aren't I showing my junk?
Don't tread on me with underwear,
right?
[LAUGH] Well,
a couple of- [INAUDIBLE] >> Yeah,
so but listen guys, you're mad at
Mayor Bill de Blasio for
passing that law, or that rule,
that's a different thing.
You punch a hostess in the face for
no goddamn reason because of your
stupid entitlement.
Think about that mentality.
I'm entitled to
go into that restaurant.
I'm entitled to punch you in
the face if I even disagree
with you a little bit.
No, you're entitled to a jail cell
for at least a year.
Let's go.