A man punched a woman in the face at a popular French restaurant in Brooklyn after she expressed disappointment about the election of President-elect Donald Trump, according to reports from restaurant staff and witnesses.
On Saturday night, a 49-year-old woman who has not been publicly identified was at Bar Tabac in Boerum Hill with a female friend. According to Jonas Leon, the manager who was working that night, the two women were discussing the outcome of the election when a man at a nearby table got into an argument with them.
The man asked the manager to kick the women out of the restaurant. Instead, Leon moved the man and his dining companion to another table. The man paid for his meal and left the restaurant, Leon said, before sprinting back in and punching one of the women square in the face.
“The guy came back almost running, and he started pushing some customer and the high-chair next to him with the baby because he couldn’t reach the girl,” Leon said. “Then he punched the girl.”
Leon told DNAInfo that the assault was because of politics.
“The guy who punched the girl was pro-Trump for sure,” he said.
One witness, Katie Nave Freeman, told DNAInfo that she was dining at the eatery when she heard people yelling “call 911.” She saw a woman in the back of the restaurant with her hands over her face.
“The woman was extremely (and understandably) shaken,” Freeman said. “She grabbed me, sobbed and held the left side of her face in her hand.”
An NYPD spokesman confirmed to Gothamist that an assault occurred at the bar. The woman did not suffer any visible injuries and refused medical attention. No arrests have been made in the case.
On Monday, Bar Tabac posted a statement about the incident on Facebook.
We at Bar Tabac do not condone violence of any type or manner, especially in our own establishment; to the tough guy who assaulted a female patron of ours on Saturday night over a political conversation: Once the law is done with you, do not come back to Bar Tabac (this includes your partner). At a point in this nation when tensions are highest we need to come together now more than ever, we apologize to any customers who had to witness this vulgar outburst.
In the aftermath of Trump’s surprise election, there has been a slew of reports of racist, anti-Semitic and anti-women attacks by Trump supporters.
“Since the election, we’ve seen a big uptick in incidents of vandalism, threats, intimidation spurred by the rhetoric surrounding Mr. Trump’s election,” Richard Cohen, president of the Southern Poverty Law Center, told USA TODAY.
Advocates working to end violence against women have warned about a possible increase in violence under a Trump presidency.
Poster Comment:
Trump has made it safe to beat-up on women again...
#1: Gatlin To: Willie Green (#0)
Rosie O'Donnell?
Oh PLEASE ...
Gatlin posted on 2016-11-15 14:44:32 Reply Private Reply
#2: misterwhite To: Willie Green (#0)
Q: What do 3 million abused women do wrong every year?
A: They ... don't ... fucking ... listen.
misterwhite posted on 2016-11-15 14:49:38 Reply Private Reply
#3: civilwarbuff To: Willie Green (#0)
civilwarbuff posted on 2016-11-15 14:50:05 Reply Private Reply
#4: Gatlin To: misterwhite (#2)
That's pretty funny ...
Gatlin posted on 2016-11-15 14:51:22 Reply Private Reply
#5: Hondo68 To: Willie Green (#0)
Hondo68 posted on 2016-11-15 14:52:15 Reply Private Reply
#6: misterwhite To: Willie Green (#0)
That's one way to put it.
Another would be the possibility that the woman was calling the President-elect a stupid, racist, anti-Mexican, anti-Semitic, anti-Muslim misogynistic, xenophobe in a loud voice and it pissed off someone.
misterwhite posted on 2016-11-15 14:59:04 Reply Private Reply
#7: misterwhite To: Willie Green (#0)
That's a sexist headline. What difference does gender make? Did he hit her just because she was a woman?
The answer is no. So leave gender out of it.
misterwhite posted on 2016-11-15 15:03:18 Reply Private Reply
#8: calcon To: Willie Green (#0)
calcon posted on 2016-11-15 15:14:26 Reply Private Reply
#9: Justified To: Willie Green, all (#0)
This has been the theme of demoncrats since Trump started to run. I believe its more one-side BS. Either people are being set up, its demoncrat posing as a trump supporter or just flat lying!
Never under estimate the level which demoncrats/communist/anarchist will got to paint the other side as bad when no one is worst than them!!!!!!!!!!
Justified posted on 2016-11-15 15:45:51 Reply Private Reply
#10: Justified To: All (#9)
Justified posted on 2016-11-15 15:52:42 Reply Private Reply
#11: Hank Rearden To: Willie Green (#0)
But back to the topic at hand: fvck democRats. Not tired of winning.
Hank Rearden posted on 2016-11-15 15:57:53 Reply Private Reply
#12: CZ82 To: Justified (#9)
That's all they have.
Rules for Leftards: #4) Accuse others of being what you are and doing what you do!!!
CZ82 posted on 2016-11-15 18:30:08 Reply Private Reply
#13: Justified To: CZ82 (#12)
It's all staged to insight hatred of trump supporters and make trump supporters look bad.
Justified posted on 2016-11-15 19:37:09 Reply Private Reply
#14: sneakypete To: Willie Green (#0)
A man punched a woman in the face in a restaurant,and there were no visable injuries and she refused medical attention?
Pull my finger.
Disinformation action. She was never punched.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-15 21:41:17 Reply Private Reply
#15: buckeroo To: sneakypete (#14)
Maybe she was "punched" by one of the LF metrosexuals, such as tater or GI, by saying: "tag you are it" ...?
buckeroo posted on 2016-11-15 21:49:25 Reply Private Reply
#16: sneakypete To: Justified (#10)
They THINK they want war,but they are wrong in more ways than one. The prime reason they want war is because they want power,and they think that THEY will be immune to any consequences of a war because they are wealthy and have off-shore islands and private security forces.
They are also wrong. This ain't the world it used to be. People can track you now wherever you go,and if they are determined,they can reach both Soros and Chomsky.
There is LOTS of pent-up anger and aggression out there,and if they ever let THAT puppy out of the pound it ain't going to be pretty.
Minorities and communists have been ranting and raving about how violent and murderous White Americans are for decades now,and they don't even understand how right they are. If they did,they would already be looking for holes to hide in.
The white man has been a tiny minority of the world population since the dawn of time,and he didn't end up running 90 percent of the world because he is a swell dancer. He is slow to anger,and even slower to calm down once the blood gets up and the real man comes out to play.
And this ain't the 1800's. There is no where the elites can go today to hide and not easily be found.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-15 21:50:20 Reply Private Reply
#17: sneakypete To: buckeroo (#15)
Nope. Even if she was slapped by a woman,there would be visable marks on her face.
If she had any marks on her face there is not one single chance of her turning down her 5 minutes of fame and chance to be on all the network news shows tomorrow morning. She might even be able to get a book deal out of it.
The fact that she wanted no personal publicity out of it is proof it didn't happen. Dims are such drama queens one would never let a chance like that slip past without milking it for all it's worth. Hell,Oprah would be booking her by now.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-15 21:55:24 Reply Private Reply
#18: buckeroo To: sneakypete (#17)
buckeroo posted on 2016-11-15 22:08:05 Reply Private Reply
#19: etypejag To: Willie Green (#0)
FOAD
you lost
we win -- eat it bitch:):)
whatever we decide to throw on the floor for the next 8 years -- just eat it.
etypejag posted on 2016-11-16 02:40:24 Reply Private Reply
#20: sneakypete To: buckeroo (#15)
Nah,those guys (?) already know they are "it",even if they will never admit it.
Not even to themselves.
They still know,though.
sneakypete posted on 2016-11-16 03:19:11 Reply Private Reply
#21: CZ82 To: Justified (#13)
It's been that way since he was named as the Republican candidate, lies, disinformation and slander is all they have.
The truth about themselves has to stay buried for if it came out they would disappear as a viable party, because only about 25% of the population would be stupid enough to continue voting for them. And most of those 25% seem to be trolling any and every blog/forum they can find on the Internet right now, I haven't laughed so hard in years...
CZ82 posted on 2016-11-16 06:44:58 Reply Private Reply