Confrontations broke out at the Century City Shopping Center in Los Angeles, California over the issue of face mask wearing as as anti-mask protesters took to the mall to demonstrate on Sunday.
Today, a group of anti-maskers protested at Ralph’s and the Century City shopping mall. Lots of angry confrontations with customers and a few physical altercations.
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021
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Protestors and those who opposed them could be seen on camera recording each other, with pro-mask advocates pleading with anti-mask protestors to wear the face coverings.
In some cases, physical brawls broke out, although nobody was seriously injured.
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
In another video, protestors and those who oppose them could be heard yelling at each other to "get the f*ck out of here" while one anti-mask protestors told a woman wearing a face mask to "go to China."
"This is America, you cannot tell us what to do," one of the anti-maskers states.
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
Another anti-mask protester insisted that he was safe because he tested negative, and called a shopper who opposed his decision "a mask Nazi."
One protester suggests he doesn’t need to wear a mask bc he tested negative. He calls a shopper a “mask Nazi.” pic.twitter.com/UFMBb78tcu
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021
The protesters eventually continued on to another store, Bloomingdales, where they chanted "no more masks" repeatedly.
The anti maskers went next Bloomingdales at Century City Mall. LAPD showed up eventually but did not try to remove them. @Bloomingdales staff seemed unable to force them to leave. pic.twitter.com/z6EmQ56Uk5
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021
Another protester can be seen in an argument with a mall employee who insisted the protestor had no right to be there. The anti-mask protestor questioned the employee on whether he was concerned about losing his job, a predicament which has affected millions of Americans since the beginning of the pandemic.
A worker in the foot court asks why the anti-maskers are protesting on private property. The anti-masker tells him that he has a right to be there because he is an American. pic.twitter.com/M3AWR1XtGK
— Samuel Braslow (@SamBraslow) January 4, 2021
One person, Shiva Bagheri, was reportedly detained by police in connection with altercations which took place at the shopping centre. It is unclear whether any other protesters were detained.
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