OUCH! It looks like Democrats have found themselves in a sticky situation after pushing forced vaccine mandates. A Black Lives Matter founder just threatened a ‘George Floyd’ style protest if New York pushes forward with mandates. This was after Carmine’s Italian Restaurant denied three black women entry on the grounds that they would not provide proof of vaccination.
CNS News reported:
A co-founder of the Black Lives Matter Greater New York chapter warned of another “uprising,” similar to the George Floyd protests of last year, because of vaccine mandates.
“We’re putting this city on notice that your mandate will not be another racist, social distance practice. Black people are not going to stand by, or you will see another uprising,” said Chivona Newsome.
“Seventy-two percent of black people in this city from ages 18 to 44 are unvaccinated,” Newsome said during the protest. “So what is going to stop the Gestapo, I mean the NYPD, from rounding up black people, from snatching them off the train, off the bus?”
“We’re putting this city on notice that your mandate will not be another racist, social distance practice. Black people are not going to stand by, or you will see another uprising,” said Chivona Newsome.
"We are putting the city on notice. Your mandates will not be another racist social distance"
Chivona Newsome spoke at BLM Carmines protest @newyorkvonni"Black folk are not going to stand by, or you will see another uprising.
And that is not a threat, that is a promise" https://t.co/Me18Vgf34d pic.twitter.com/wzDObNlwfm— Oliya Scootercaster (@ScooterCasterNY) September 24, 2021
On September 16th, Carmine’s Italian Restaurant in New York denied three black women entry after they reportedly refused to provide their vaccination cards. The three women were arrested the same day for allegedly assaulting the hostess. Newsom organized a protest on the 20th and essentially ‘canceled the restaurant.
“Carmine’s on the UWS says a hostess was assaulted after asking a group for proof of Covid vaccine to eat inside. “It’s a shocking and tragic situation when one of our valued employees is assaulted for doing their job – as required by city policies…”
Carmine’s on the UWS says a hostess was assaulted after asking a group for proof of Covid vaccine to eat inside. “It’s a shocking and tragic situation when one of our valued employees is assaulted for doing their job – as required by city policies…” @NBCNewYork after football. pic.twitter.com/xrqZoNm74R
— Adam Harding (@HardingReports) September 17, 2021
The fight against vaccine mandates or vaccine passports is not uniquely conservative, regardless of what the liberal news media would have you believe. Most free-thinking individuals wouldn’t want to relinquish their rights to privacy to any business or government.
However, this is a particularly hard situation for Democrats. How will they proceed with mandates with BLM in their way? If the last year has taught us anything, it’s that Democrats are terrified of upsetting the organization. So much so, they’re willing to watch cities burn rather than uphold the law.
Maybe Biden’s plan to unite the American public is to become a common enemy to all? Maybe they’ll drop the forced mandate idea completely.
Either way—This just got interesting…
Erica Carlin is an independent journalist, opinion writer and contributor to several news and opinion sources. She is based in Georgia.
