Proving once again that periods of stupidity do not end with a calendar year, a group of racist, pro-Trump bullies invaded a Los Angeles mall over the weekend, sewing violence in their wake.
Video of the incident circulated on Twitter on Sunday (Jan. 3) evening, courtesy of journalist Samuel Braslow. The footage shows a group of about 20 people wandering the Westfield Mall in Century City, terrorizing employees of the stores and customers alike.
In one instance, a violent confrontation broke out in a Gelson’s grocery store between a shopper and an unmasked woman, who claimed that the man hit her. Cameras did not capture the initial incident, though they did record the woman trying to run down the man with a shopping cart, and another anti-mask hoodlum kicking the man as he tried to check out and exit the store.
A violent altercation broke out between a protester and a customer. Didn’t see see the inciting incident. She claims that the customer hit her; in response, she tries to ram him with a shopping cart and shout at him. pic.twitter.com/nR3whF8ImC
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021
At the same time, two maskless women began shouting racially charged statements around the store, including “All Lives Matter” and slander against China. Another man referred to mask-wearing employees and customers as “mask Nazis.”
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A lot of shouting matches like this, where a shopper tells two protesters to leave and they say that this isn’t Communist China. pic.twitter.com/3a22QBJXKf
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021
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The rioters then progressed to other stores in the mall, including Bloomingdales, Steve Madden and the food court, harassing customers and chanting “no more masks.” The group also performed an acapella dance rendition of The Village People’s “Y.M.C.A.” (changing lyrics to M-A-G-A) presumably because Donald Trump played the song–without irony–at campaign rallies.
The anti maskers have a little dance party on the floor of @Bloomingdales, dancing to the MAGA version of YMCA. pic.twitter.com/3qEBPYrHvv
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021
Police eventually arrived on the scene but did not arrest the rioters. Instead, they stood back and watched as the group continued to disobey mask mandates and harass other customers. That includes a moment where officers watched a mall shopper, a doctor, tell one of the maskless thugs that her mother is in the hospital dying of COVID-19. The man’s response: “People die. Your father’s not special.”
A woman who said she’s a doctor yells at the anti-maskers that her mother is in the hospital with COVID. A protester responds, “People die. Your father’s not special.” pic.twitter.com/9aWkuR0Lyw
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021
At the time of this writing, no charges have been pressed against any of the rioters despite their physical and verbal harassment of shoppers on private property. The incident is just the latest in an ongoing series of disruptions by Trump supporters who continue to deny the seriousness of the COVID-19 pandemic. In Los Angeles, where the riot occurred, statistics report almost 36,000 new cases the same day of the incident.
Cam
Because the police are Trump supporters.
samfw
These police officers should lose their jobs immediately.
MISTERJETT
they’re spreading chaos and the virus.
barryaksarben
our police dept have been taken over by nazi thugs and the police unions refuse to punish even the ones who kill
James
STINKING TRUMP NAZI GARBAGE. A BUNCH OF LOSERS. EVERYONE IS SICK OF THEM.
johnnymcmxxx
If all anti-mask trumpers get sick, spread it throughout their entire family & amongst friends & some of them end up in field camp emergency rooms or even die, it’s on them. I will not care nor will I be sorry. It’s the result of their ignorant choices.
d3clark
The problem is they won’t just spread it to their families.
Openminded
Johnny, the problem I have is that they are even allowed to take up space in our ER’s and Covid units. IMO, they should be banned from receiving any treatment and absolutely not have any vaccine wasted on their miserable bodies that house zero brains. Anti Maskers are the new walking dead zombies, still have a working body but nothing resembling a brain inside their head.
Joshooeerr
What an intelligent, attractive group these freedom-loving anti-maskers are. Such an inspiration.
Openminded
I try not to judge people on their appearance, but you are soooo right!!
whatsaywhat
Remember when Americans would always ask “why does the world hate us?” after 9/11?
Behold, these selfish, barbaric slobs, completely blind to their embarrassing privilege (rioting in f*cking Gelson’s FFS), – obese, ignorant, and deluded into thinking they are somehow “exceptional” US patriots. Nauseating.
The rot runs so deep I doubt there’s any medication that can save the patient now.
Prax07
Anti-maskers should automatically be tazed and handcuffed, by store security, then handed over to police, thrown into guantanamo type holding facilities, held indefinitely until forcibly covid tested and forcibly vaccinated. I’d have a zero tolerance policy. That or just give store security the authority to shoot them dead.
Openminded
I say just quarantine them with their fellow followers and let nature run it’s course. Definitely not worth wasting a test or any vaccine on.
Doug
I’ve seen so many of these videos now, but none of them ever show security or the police doing anything to stop it.
Openminded
Because, as the article stated, the Police did NOTHING to stop it. I guess it’s going to take a black man becoming stupid enough to be an Anti Masker before the police shoots anybody. If you notice, you will not see a POC ranting against masks. I’m not a POC, but I suspect they know to do everything they can to protect themselves because they probably feel like they will likely be last in line to get quality care if they get sick.
whatsaywhat
God help the USA.
Chrisk
The loony fat pig was busy assaulting that guy while yelling assault. That’s rich. Would’ve loved to see her really get punched a few times.
Toofie
If only the anti maskers would get a serious case of Covid. Patriots, lol!
jlicks
The anti-maskers are trash and slime and “murders.
Beware, they will invade public, many privately owned, spaces to incite anger and violence.
They come prepared with video cams and cameras in hand. They will only record that which makes
them look good. Usually the result will be the innocents being arrested. While difficult to do, the best
advice is to avoid these crazed, lunatic, MAGA’s.
rray63
No, I’m not a troll. However, I am intellectually honest. Were you this upset last year when there were thousands burning, looting, rioting, hurting innocent people, the police and anyone else that dared to get in their mindless path? I doubt it. It seems as LGBTQ+ we only see what we want, it’s our narrative, right?
Leash
I’m sorry, but the big lady being visibly out of breath after trying to attack someone with a shopping cart after he (I assume) told her to put a mask on… does it get any more american than that? xD Like okay we have iditos like that too in Europe, but I’ve never seen them actively going into supermarkets to stirr sht up.
ScottOnEarth
Hilarious!…and so true. She was even out of breath after taking a swing at the guy. He was outnumbered by the special-needs crew but he held his own.
enlightenone
White trash morons are everywhere now it seems. There go the neighborhoods!
fredk
annoying, loud and ignorant. the only way that bunch will shut up is when a nurse shoves a ventilator tube down their throats. good riddance.
HMFan
That young man was simply trying to IMPROVE that woman’s face by raising a couple welts on it. Good Lord, it’s no WONDER why America has become the laughing stock of the world…
HMFan
Uh… that would be “sowing violence.” If they were “sewing violence” they would have come prepared with needles and thread… and maybe scissors…