Crime & Safety

Viral Video Shows 'All Lives Matter' Rant At Bed-Stuy Coffee Shop

No one joined a maskless white man's "All Lives Matter" chant aimed at a Bed-Stuy coffee shop displaying a Black Lives Matter sign.

A viral video shows a man complain about a Bed-Stuy coffee shop's Black Lives Matter sign.
A viral video shows a man complain about a Bed-Stuy coffee shop's Black Lives Matter sign. (Matt Troutman/Patch)

BEDFORD-STUYVESANT, BROOKLYN — A maskless white man's self-proclaimed "protest" over a Bed-Stuy coffee shop's Black Lives Matter sign went viral.

Videos showing the man's rant and confrontation with a barista at Burly Coffee were viewed more than one million times on Thursday.

Twitter user Rohan Singh took the video, according to posts, and described the scene with disbelief.

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"I just wanted to get some coffee," he tweeted. "But this racist a------ decided it's time to educate us and 'make a protest' about how 'all lives matter'."

The videos show the man — who is white and doesn't wear a mask recommended to stop the spread of coronavirus — point at a Black Lives Matter sign on the Throop Avenue establishment and tell a barista to take it down.

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The barista tells him to leave while an onlooker tries to get him to stop.

"It's a protest," the unmasked man says.

The man then starts to chant "All Lives Matter." No one joins him.

Another video titled "Guy continues to lose his s--- at a BLM sign in Bed-Stuy" shows him continue his lonely chant while coffee shop employees try to close the door. He refuses to move his foot for a time before relenting and walking away.

"Go protest somewhere else and stop being racist," an onlooker shouts at him as he walks away.

The entire scene drew disbelief online.

"This guy militantly refusing to wear a mask and screaming 'all lives matter' is like if gentrification was sentient wtf," one Twitter user wrote.

The coffee shop wrote on Instagram that it wasn't their first run-in with the man.

"We strongly stand with Black Lives Matter and applaud our staff for standing up to the blinding hate that has appeared at our door," managers wrote. "Unfortunately, this was not an isolated incident with this person and our priority continues to be the safety and well-being of our staff."

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