Williamsburg American Apparel Under Attack

First the communists protested American Apparel in Manhattan, and now someone has gone and thrown rocks through the windows of the company's store on North 6th in Brooklyn. FreeWilliamsburg reports that flaming trash was also involved in last night's retail retaliation, and the attackers may currently be armed with blogs (according to employees at the store). A witness told them, "There were about 50 guys dressed all in black, wearing masks, and causing total mayhem all along North 6th St, dumping out trash dumpsters and setting everything on fire in the streets, and then smashing all the windows of the American Apparel."

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By Jen Carlson in News on March 5, 2010 5:25 PM

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starrygordon

Maybe American Apparel hired them. You know, "We are so beyond cool that even Black Bloc anarchists break our windows."

S.K.

Perhaps a women's group protesting Dov Charney's behavior?

ides_of_march

Hipster Kristallnacht.

NannyState

We'll know when we see them with gold "AA" patches sewn onto their clothing.

elpollodiablo

Do us all a favor, whoever you are, and set that shit on fire next time. And do Starbucks, too, when they show up. Then go hit up some of these ass-ugly condos for housing the trust fund set. This neighborhood could certainly use some strong voices of dissent, and nothing makes people sit up and take notice like property dramage. Keep up the good work.

owlbethere

Why don't you get off your high-horse and do it yourself?

CR

"There were about 50 guys dressed all in black"

Hasidim were behind this?!? Where o' where is the great Hunter.Blatherer to protect us from these trouble makers?

JenChungsNewBra

Damn marshmallows!

youngpro

stupid hipsters still fightin' the 'war'

those guys were ALL hipsters protesting the retail invasion into their country of williamsburg

inoyourider

And then they cracked open a case of PBR while playing Skee-Ball.

Clyde

Protesting a store that sells women's clothing? Now THAT is a productive use of time for fit and nimble ninjas!

westernqueensland

Interestingly, when W'Burg wasn't trendy enough to attract American Apparel, it also lacked these "citizens."

Kelles

...the attackers may currently be armed with *blogs*

What's that? a new type of weapon?

jjm2052

The destruction of other people's property and livelihood violates basic social contract and identifies these people as self-righteous trash. In a city with every conceivable type of person in it and tensions abound, you would hope there would be more regard for tolerance and respecting the boundaries of law.

Cannibal

what? so youre saying because NY is crammed with all different types of people with conflicting ideas that there should NOT be disagreements between them occasionally? Are you new to the planet?

jjm2052

No, it's simply because "tensions abound" and because there are inevitable disagreements that people should have more respect for civility.

JenChungsBaby

Yeah. Fifty guys in black rioting in the streets of Bklyn, smashing windows and setting fires, and NONE of the daily newspapers, tv stations, radio stations, etc. have a word to say about it.

Sure.