Supporters of a New York City bar owner gathered in front of the business Wednesday to protest his arrest this week for flouting coronavirus restrictions and refusing to close down.
Around 60 people assembled in front of Mac’s Public House in Staten Island after its co-owner Danny Presti was taken away in handcuffs Tuesday night.
Many businesses -- particularly restaurants and bars -- have been impacted severely by government-mandated closures in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19.
Holding signs, the protesters sang "God Bless America" and the chorus to Twisted Sister's “We’re Not Gonna Take It." One sign read: “Lock up criminals, not Americans.” “To me this is a revolution,” Christine Salica of Westerleigh, a make-up artist who.