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Daily Mail: BLM plans Carmines protest: Texas women filmed 'attacking NYC restaurant hostess after she questioned their vaccination cards' say they were racially profiled and N-word was hurled
- An Asian host, 24, at the Carmine's restaurant was punched and beaten by three Texan women after asking them for proof of vaccination
- Since Thursday's incident, the women - all of whom are black - said they were racially profiled and called the n-word by someone, although unclear by whom
- The restaurant has required proof of vaccination from patrons per NYC law
- The victim was left with bruises and scratches and transported to the hospital
- The three women were charged with assault and criminal mischief
- The lawyer for the women said the hostess was injured by her coworkers who intervened on her behalf and claimed the hostess was the aggressor
- But Carmine's lawyer has vehemently denied all those claims
- Hawk Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives Matter NY, is backing the Texas women, and says a protest is planned for Monday
Three Texas women who were seen in a video allegedly attacking a NYC restaurant hostess after their vaccination cards were questioned said they were racially profiled and called the n-word.
The trio, who are black, are now claiming their unnamed 24 year-old hostess, who is Asian, was actually the aggressor, and have called for her to be fired.
They spoke out two days after Thursday's incident at popular Upper West Side restaurant Carmines. Restaurant staff jumped in to defend their coworker, who was left with bruises and scratches, with footage of the brawl making headlines across the United States.
Since then, lawyers for the women and the restaurant exchanged words, and Hawk Newsome, a co-founder of Black Lives MatterNY, said they plan to hold a protest on Monday.
Texas civil rights lawyer Justin Moore told Daily News, 'This hostess clearly has some anger management issues and unfortunately her aggression and her violence led to something that three Black women are being punished for.'
A lawyer for Carmine's denied the Texas women's accusation.
'Any claim that they were racially profiled is a complete fabrication, disingenuous, and outright irresponsible,' the lawyer, Carolyn Richmond, told The Daily News.
The three black Texas women - Kaeita Rankin, 44, her niece Tyonnie Keshay Rankin and Sally Rechelle Lewis, 49, - were arrested and charged with misdemeanor assault and criminal mischief.
They were given desk appearance tickets and ordered to appear in court on October 5.
The hostess 'refused service to these women and got hostile with them,' Moore said in a statement on Friday.
'The injuries that she received were incurred by her being physically restrained by other staff at Carmine’s after she was called out for racial discrimination, which she took offense to.'
The civil rights lawyer said the women were leaving when someone - it's unclear who - called them the n-word and claimed the hostess was the aggressor by 'lunging' at Rankin.
'The hostess is apparently poorly trained to deal with patrols and has obvious issues with black women and has a disregard for women of color,' Moore said.
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