Pipe-wielding ‘anarchists’ attempt to shatter floor-to-ceiling Plexiglas windows at East Village Starbucks

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BY DENIS SLATTERY AND SARAH ARMAGHAN / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Sunday, April 15, 2012, 9:27 PM

 Customers at an East Village Starbucks escaped a shot of shattered glass in their lattes when the cafe windows withstood an anarchist onslaught.

Patrons at Astor Place coffee shop dashed underneath tables as metal pipe-wielding protesters attempted to shatter its floor-to-ceiling Plexiglas windows during a Saturday night riot, police and workers said.

Luckily, the unbreakable panes prevented injuries, one barista said.

“It was scary, we didn’t know what was happening,” she said. “There were a lot of them with bats and wearing masks.”  read more…

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~ par Alain Bertho sur 16 avril 2012.

Publié dans émeutes, riots