Netizens Cry 'New Segregation' Over Video of Cops Arresting Anti-Vaxxers 'Storming' Burger King

In December, New York City announced it would mandate face masks or obligatory coronavirus vaccines for employees of all businesses in the city, with Mayor Bill de Blasio describing the measures as a "preemptive strike" against the COVID-19 Omicron variant.

On Monday, the New York Police Department (NYPD) made several arrests in a Brooklyn Burger King after the fast food restaurant was stormed by protesters against vaccine mandates, according to multiple reports and posts on social media.

The New York Post writes, citing police officials, that five people were arrested following the protest after the group of anti-vaxxers, with no masks, repeatedly refused to leave and yelled at staffers for declining service.

Footage of the noisy crowd of protesters flocking the restaurant emerged on social media, prompting strong reactions.

Biden and Fauci put out the order

The Blue City Crackdown has begun on the unvaccinated

Exactly as @VishBurra predicted - the new segregation https://t.co/J5OMjsU7Ok

— Jack Posobiec ✝️ (@JackPosobiec) December 28, 2021

Anti-vaxxers in NYC get arrested after they storm a Burger King and refuse to leave pic.twitter.com/xKStisxESx

— Fifty Shades of Whey (@davenewworld_2) December 28, 2021

Another antivaxxer argues with police that Burger King is a public facility and not a private business that can deny service.

“If [Burger King] was private they would do it by appointments only.”

These are the same people pretending to be experts on the vaccine. pic.twitter.com/Z2YmgbNCuB

— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) December 28, 2021

Earlier this evening multiple Activists were arrested at Burger King in Brooklyn. @jospeakstruth_ tried to order food and was refused service because she doesn't have the shot .#VaccinePassports #VaccineMandate #NewYear pic.twitter.com/qgUhJJhPBt

— Leeroy Johnson (@LeeroyPress) December 28, 2021

Many social media users ended up frustrated with the actions of the police, pointing to how law enforcement targets anti-vaccination protesters when New York City is facing a wave of increased crime. Per the NYPD's estimations, overall index crime in the city increased by 21.3% in November 2021.

There's a crime wave in New York City... so it makes perfect sense to send a dozen cops to the arrest a man for not showing a vaccine card in Burger King.

— Tim Young (@TimRunsHisMouth) December 28, 2021

These criminals are so damn scary, they went to Burger King in Brooklyn without vax passports. Forget that the crime in NYC is up by 81%, send all law enforcement to arrest these dangerously healthy people.

pic.twitter.com/2poo0qiSSl

— Polca 🇺🇸🦅🇵🇱 (@PolcaDorka) December 28, 2021

I think New York should be more concerned with their CRIMEWAVE, than with arresting a man for not showing a vaccine card in Burger King.🤷🏾‍♀️

— Lavern Spicer (@lavern_spicer) December 28, 2021

Imagine being a police officer in NYC and arresting someone eating at a Burger King because they didn't show their papers?

— Matthew H (@MattH_4America) December 28, 2021

New York City saw massive protests against the vaccine mandates on Monday, with social media users estimating that "hundreds" of demonstrators were taking to the streets of Brooklyn and Manhattan and chanting anti-mandate slogans.

A vaccine mandate for all businesses in New York City was introduced by Mayor Bill de Blasio in early December as a "preemptive strike" against the new coronavirus variant known as Omicron.