New Carmines footage clearly shows this was assault

[mainer]

And shows the hostess was surrounded by the 3 women before she was attacked. Interestingly the men with the three assailants seemed a bit dumbfounded by the whole thing and one even stepped in to drag one of his friends away from the fight.

BLM should have passed on this one.

https://abc7ny.com/hostess-assaulted-carmines-uws/11033024/

[Peacetrain]

1. What a group of @ssholes!! those women are

seriously..

[NickB79]

2. It does appear they assaulted her, and she pushed back in self defense

And done be swiped at her mask as well.

[marble falls]

3. People are nuts.

[dalton99a]

4. There is zero evidence that the hostess did anything wrong.

[70sEraVet]

5. No wonder restaurants can't find employees

Who wants to face daily doses of idiots?
And I'd be curious to know the follow-up to "the altercation escalated after two men who joined the party did not have ID to match their vaccine cards". Fake vax cards?

[Celerity]

6. There's almost zero chance that after they came back in, the hostess just casually walked up to them

and for no reason started calling them the n-word and monkeys.

The hostess is still in the hospital with a concussion as well, so the claim there was no real attack is bullshit.

[Treefrog]

7. That's pretty solid video.

I cannot imagine physically attacking a person at a restaurant, or anywhere for that matter.

How does this become the go-to response for people?

[sarisataka]

8. But their lawyer said

The hostess started it and used racist slurs...

[Treefrog]

9. Lol, of course the lawyer said that.

Meanwhile, the hostess has a concussion. Wonder what they hit her with?

[mainer]

10. Lawyer: Hostess "lunged at them"!!!

What an idiot to claim this (below). It's clear as day they came up behind the hostess and attacked.

"He contends that the hostess suggested the vaccination cards were fake, spoke condescendingly to the group, and used a racial slur before lunging at the women." He also says in another statement that she SHOUTED racial slurs. And no one else heard them?

[Treefrog]

11. I'd love to know more about these women from Texas...

[XanaDUer2]

14. She should sue them nt

[Treefrog]

16. I agree. nt

[XanaDUer2]

17. If they're lying, they've slandered her nt

[Treefrog]

18. Never mind putting her in the hospital!

Truly frightening for that young woman, I can’t imagine.

[XanaDUer2]

19. I've had dicey situations at work

it can give you ptsd. A co-worker was once hit.

[Treefrog]

21. That's horrible!

I can’t think of anything like that I remember, but I did see people being truly horrid and cruel to others.

[skypilot]

13. The lawyer in this video actually says...

...that one of the members of the party pushes the hostess and then the hostess pushes back.

[Renew Deal]

33. Which is a pretty big acknowledgement that his client is guilty.

[treestar]

30. words are not enough to justify any physical confrontation

that's in the law.

[cinematicdiversions]

12. Not to mention this is yet another attack on an Asian individual

In NYC. If there is racism here too protest I am afraid BLM is clearly in the side of the racists in this case.

[XanaDUer2]

15. Kick nt

[jalan48]

20. Is the hostess Asian?

[Devil Child]

22. Yes n/t

[mainer]

23. A black waiter actually shelters the hostess

He pulls her away from the assailants, hustles her into a safe corner, and seems to stand guard to protect her.

[Treefrog]

24. Yes, and the guy with his pants falling down pulls one of the women away too, and I think he was

one of their party. He actually looked a bit stunned by the whole thing.

[XanaDUer2]

25. His sexy red underwear

[Treefrog]

26. Lol, I could deal with the underwear, but the butt crack was just too much!

He was going in a restaurant? Yeek.

[DET]

27. Personal Impressions

It looks like the older woman wearing glasses was the primary instigator. She’s the one that the red underwear guy pulls away from the restaurant. She also appears to try to start something again at the end. The heavyset woman didn’t seem to have much to do with the brawl. I’m curious how the hostess sustained a concussion since I didn’t see any blows to the head.

Whatever happened, there is no excuse for assaulting a restaurant employee - no matter what was said. BLM does not do themselves any favors defending this behavior. And the fact that the hostess was Asian does not help, especially in the current environment.

[Treefrog]

29. This.

[iemanja]

28. I don't see how you call tell whether or not the hostess made racial slurs

Not from that video. That wouldn't make the assault acceptable, but I don't understand why people are so confident that nothing was said.

[gojoe12]

31. The manager who

was there said that she made no such slurs. They were potential tippers so why would she say that?. As she lays in the hospital she’s probably thinking what the heck happened lol

[Devil Child]

32. If the alleged use of a racial slur by the victim doesn't make the assault acceptable

Then why the need to rule out the possibility of it being used?

[iemanja]

34. Then why are people commenting about it?

If it doesn't matter at all?