The businesses which were targeted should:
1) Identify which universities had sociology departments involved with these protests.
2) Sue those universities for damages.
3) Petition for those universities to lose accreditation and all funding.

Just an idea... have the roll down security door on a remote opener... start a riot, call the police and drop the door. When they show up press a citizens arrest on these fools for endangering the public and inciting a riot. Oh yeah, as it was obviously a hate crime, enhancements should apply...

Of course, NYC is a liberal Valhalla, so we would expect those living there would be THRILLED to be part of the "Action"... just one of the reasons I didn't move there.

I know a couple folks, card-carrying comparty members, that *did* move there just because they could stir "stuff" up, from out here where such "stuff" isn't tolerated.

It's going to get closer to the real majority protesting and/or taking some other kind of action. How do black businesses feel about this?

When you don't tell people the truth, they start to believe in what you tell them, entitlement. We're getting to that point where they don't see results, don't believe it anymore, but still they vote for the same thing. They still love their beloved representative Sharpton even though he instigates all the things that prevent them from moving ahead.

There are many blacks that are not in this group, but they represent what the others are against, progress, wealth, etc., and so are not listened to.

I remember the Watts riots when I lived in SoCal. It was a scary thing. At least they mostly destroyed property in their own areas, both black and white. Al Sharpton's got them exactly where he wants them, demanding whites give them what they deserve. What will it take for them to see the light?

This is the result of our governmement and liberals coddling black people and letting them feel entitled for the last 50 years.

Attacking in restaurants -- brilliant! In NYC that is where thousands are employed, where tourists go to eat, and is one of the things the city is known for. Got plans to visit New York? You can add it to Chicago and Detroit as places to not go to. Instead of Broadway shows, you might want to go to a National Park instead, before BHO finds an excuse to close those down. Just a few years ago such a demonstration would get you in a paddy wagon just as quickly as the restaurant manager could dial 911. Today? Who knows? It's as likely to be no response at all as anything. I wonder, did anyone stand up to these miscreants and rally the other patrons to hustle them out? Did anyone shout "Let's roll!?" Have we forgotten so soon, that these are nothing more than the beginning of local terrorists?

Amendment I

"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances."

A group of boisterous, belligerent people obstructing traffic, or interrupting business at a private establishment does not seem to me to be "peaceably assembling." It would seem to me they could be charged with something... trespassing, loitering, obstructing, inciting...
I believe you have a right to speak, but you have no right to force others to listen.

racist president gives lic. to others of his race to demonstrate that they too are racists.
since new yorkers can't carry fire arms they can't defend themselves which is not the case in much of the rest of the country.

The targets might be those who thought they could "atone" for their "white guilt" by "voting the right way" and so on. I think they just found out differently.

Is this a hate crime?

Notice they picked a city that is basically a "Gun free zone."

I live near Johnston County North Carolina, home of the KKK. the most ironic part of this is that the ONLY racists I have encountered in the south in the past 15 years I have been here have been black. I and worse, the blacker they are the more racists they seem to be.

A good restaurant owner will be prepared, calling the police while taking pictures and video and acting to expel all protesters. A good restaurant owner will strive to maintain control of the restaurant. Perhaps it's time for all restaurant owners (New York City and otherwise) to bone up on how to disperse an unruly crowd?

These people are mentally ill.

Why does the NYT story give him the title "Mr." instead of General?

just playing for the cameras in everyone's phone... -- j

OK, how about a reality check? Who lives in NYC? Welfare moochers and rich liberals - right? There are practically no sane, normal, producing people there. Unless one considers advertising and lawyers as producing, which is a stretch. So, who cares if the liberal socialist kid's dinner gets ruined? Of course, there are tourists there; but, seriously, if one were to take a vacation in Liberia or Sierra Leone and come back with Ebola, should we really feel sorry? Likewise for the tourists to NYC.