Protesters gather at Williamsburg location of coffee chain that banned Rep. Dan Goldman over his Israel stance
Protesters gathered outside a Poetica Coffee location in Williamsburg, following the small chain's controversial Instagram post.
A group of pro-Israel demonstrators gathered outside a Williamsburg Poetica Coffee on Wednesday morning.Ben Shimkus/Business InsiderDemonstrators gathered outside Poetica Coffee's Williamsburg location on Wednesday.The protest came after Poetica said on social media that Rep.
Dan Goldman was not welcome back after a visit.Protesters and counter-protesters traded insults. One passerby suggested the barbs hyperbolic.
Roughly 65 protesters and counter-protesters gathered outside a Brooklyn coffee shop on Wednesday after the chain banned Rep. Dan Goldman over his stance on Israel.The demonstrations at Williamsburg Poetica Coffee shop came days after the chain's now-deleted Instagram post showing Goldman inside its Park Slope café — and said he was not welcome back.
In the caption, Poetica said it did not serve "genocide enablers" and told the New York Democrat not to return. It also said it had refunded his order."Hey Congressman Dan Goldman, we see that you stopped by our shop today for a coffee," the deleted post read.
"Do you see how it doesn't taste like genocide juice?"On Wednesday morning, Business Insider observed a few dozen protesters outside Poetica's Williamsburg location, along with two smaller, less organized counter-protest groups. NYPD officers separated the groups with barricades as demonstrators shouted competing chants into microphones and megaphones.
The demonstration — organized by #EndJewHatred, a Jewish advocacy group — included several speakers who called on Poetica to apologize, praised the Justice Department's decision to open a civil-rights investigation into the chain, denounced New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, and led a chant supporting the New York City Police Department. View this post on Instagram A post shared by #EndJewHatred (@endjewhatred) In two other barricaded areas, counter-protesters held signs condemning Israel's military actions in Gaza, the West Bank, and Lebanon. Several of them took turns using a megaphone to chant or address
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