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Man Threatens Protest After Staten Island Bar Busted For Defying COVID Restrictions

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A bar in Staten Island is taking a page straight from Seattle protester’s playbook by declaring an “autonomous zone” that’s challenging New York’s COVID-19 restriction and its loyal patrons are willing to go down kicking and screaming.

Mac’s Public House was breaking coronavirus health orders by continuing to serve customers indoors so sheriff’s deputies raided the establishment and closed it down. The customers are furious not only because their favorite hangout had been shut down but also because one of the owners, Danny Presti was arrested during the raid for being uncooperative.

While Presti was being hauled out of his business, many of the patrons gathered outside and chanted in protest “Hands off Mac’s Public House.”

The unrest began to escalate outside of the bar so State Senator Andrew Lanza appeared and attempted to play as a peaceful mediator between Presti’s lawyer, the authorities, and angry patrons.

The incident did not come to a satisfactory conclusion for the pub’s supporters and one fan of Mac’s posted a call to action on social media asking for a thousand people to come line up in front of the bar to protest.

He said in protest of the government, “If they fear you, they won’t f*ck with you” and pointed out the hypocrisy of the state’s new lockdown rules.

Things could get rowdy in Staten Island which is a state-designated coronavirus hot spot.

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