Video shows mob berating woman without coronavirus mask at Staten Island supermarket
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Viral video shot at a supermarket on Staten Island in New York City shows a mob of angry shoppers in coronavirus masks cursing a woman without one.
A woman posted the 22-second clip on Facebook Saturday and by Monday afternoon it had been viewed more than 329,000 times, the Staten Island Advance reported Tuesday.
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“Get the f--- out of here!” a man is heard yelling in the video. “Get out!” screams another woman, pointing toward an exit.
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The paper reported that the woman who posted the video captioned it, “What happens in Staten Island when you don’t wear a mask in Shoprite!”
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Her friend shot it and sent it to her, she said.
ShopRite spokesman Daniel Emmer told the Advance the incident happened two weeks ago.
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“We have found that the overwhelming majority of our customers follow CDC guidelines and executive orders to wear face coverings in our stores as a way to protect themselves and others,” Emmer said. “There are, however, exceptions to wearing a face covering for health reasons, including conditions that may not be readily apparent to others.”
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In April, a Family Dollar security guard in Flint, Mich., was shot and killed after prosecutors said a customer objected to being told that she and her daughter needed to wear a mask in the store. The daughter wasn’t wearing one, they said.
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