This image taken from surveillance video provided by the New York City Police Department shows an apartment building employee, center, closing the building's front door after a man assaulted a 65-year-old Asian American woman, Monday afternoon, March 29, 2021, a few blocks from New York's Times Square. The property developer and manager of the building wrote on Instagram that it was aware of the assault and said staff members who witnessed it were suspended pending an investigation.
The men watched from the lobby as 65-year-old Vilma Kari was repeatedly kicked and stomped, the video showed. One of them closed the building’s door as Kari lay on the ground seconds after the attack ended.The building’s management company, The Brodsky Organization, initially suspended the doormen pending an investigation. That investigation was completed on Tuesday and the doormen were fired, the company said.
The doormen’s union, SEIU 32BJ, confirmed that they had been fired but declined to comment further. The union previously said that the doormen waited until the attacker walked away to check on Kari and flag down a nearby patrol car because they thought he had a knife.
No reason why they couldn’t step in there were 3 of them she was a defenseless woman what if it were there mothers and no one helped. Wake the F up people
They did nothing but stand by - they could have shouted at the attacker to stop! Now Black Lives Matter/Panthers are intimidating Asian Nail Salons in Milwaukee and the press is silent!!!
Yes just like Floyd picture taker who are just as guilty
They should be arrested, chicken shit mutherfuqers
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They are doormen not security guards. Not everyone wants to get involved. But I can see a lawsuit coming on this one
Maybe they got fired for something else. Is NY a right to work state. Would have to prove they are being fired because they didn’t help. Please find out why they got fired first.
yes yes dumb shits
They are a total disgrace!
Good cos those who stand by as evil is been done and do nothing are evil themselves.
I love the part where they just close the door on the ugliness. See/hear no evil, amirite?
StopAsianHate StopAAPIHate Those individuals committing Asian hate crimes are disgusting
They need to sue the employer that fired them.
While I hate that they didn’t help, was it part of their job to defend people on the sidewalk? If not, they shouldn’t be fired for it. They’re already publicly shamed The man was psychotic who had previously killed his mother. It could have been just as dangerous to intervene
I agree they should've helped the poor lady but that couldn't have been in their job descriptions
Justice is not blind. Justice protects whites. Sickening and criminal
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That was unhuman of them to just stand and watch. What if, that person was a relative or mother of them. SHAME ON YOU!!!!!
A lot of people keep saying what were they supposed to do? Well they could have at least called 911. There are three of them and they look like pretty big guys I’m sure they could have scared that guy away or checked on her when she was on the ground but no they closed the door
Great, those A-Holes stood there and watched the woman get stomped and did nothing. They don’t deserve that job !!
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Cowards. They were.
Good! 2 idiots.
The Union is going to have a field day with this.
Lol, gonna get sued. Even the NYPD argued in a case that they have no duty to help and won. These guys will get paid. Still sad they didn’t help but that is the culture of Rat Nest City.
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BurrellTV GOOD b/c something tells me these two would mug their own mothers.
That seems unfair! They're NOT policing the sidewalks and had they gone out during the attack and gotten hurt, their employer would've still played hard ball and likely denied any worker's compensation and health care as it being unrelated to the job. Ugh!
The two shameless doormen are trying to sue? Good luck, lol.
They are fired for doing nothing to help her, yet Trump, who incited all this hatred is left to go free from prosecution for the hatred he spread.
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They shouldn't be fired but this goes to show Asian's are attacked by Blacks all the time and that story never gets discussed. The media always tries to make it a white supremacy thing .
The world has gotten weird. This story shows 2 ways how weird. 1. These guys didn't care enough to help. 2. They should have the right not to help because a doorman job is to let the right people in, not risk their lives.
Whether it's a doorman or a cop. As a man, isn't this the time to come out and help women? No matter what race. This is the basic morality of man. Do Americans have no morals?
I mean, shouldn’t we be punishing the a-hole who assaulted her? Yea, it was sh*tty but I donno that going after their jobs was the right call.
Wrongful dismissal in a lose lose scenario. If they intervene and get hurt...no coverage. They don’t intervene they get fired.
Karma!
Good. F those guys.
Someone start these doormen a gofundme!
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They’re supposed to be good samaritans! WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO OUR COUNTRY AND THE PEOPLE IN IT?
Ya, closing the door was harsh alright, but did you see the size of that ahole who did this? Dude was huge! And we or maybe just me, don't have all the facts, people in a neighborhood get to know each other. Might have been a damn good reason he didn't confront this murderer.
They should be tried!
Good. Closing the door while the woman was being attacked was cowardly and not something a person working in the service industry should do as their first instinct.
It is unconsciable not to intervene and offer help in that situation! I was born and raised in the mean streets of the South Bronx in the 60's & 70's and the mentality that I was raised with was that could be a family member. You must get involved for better or worse! HelpIsHere
Good! How could they not even be bothered to help her up and take her inside, away from that monster? It's getting so bad here in america and ironically it's not the usual characters.😢
Well Done maybe next time ppl help!
Hmmm...while I believe they should have intervened...can someone legally be fired for not doing something that’s not in their job description? Is intervening a condition of employment? (I have no idea what is included in their actual job responsibilities)
great news!
I’m glad they were fired
Sacrificial lamb.
They better sue that company too.. they are not police and that is not their business
Why didn’t you mention the race of the man who killed this lady? If he was white, do you think you would be omitting his race? This is racist reporting.
And the one thing NO ONE wants to say is what group is most responsible for anti-Asian violence. Hint, It isn’t white people.
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They'd probably Would have been fired if they hurt the guy that was beating that poor woman.
Good. The cowards should have helped her. I can barely walk, but I would've been using my cane on anyone hurting another woman!
The one who observed the longest and did NOTHING, should have been charged as an accessory !!!
Good. Cowardice should never be rewarded.
Civilians do not have to do anything of the sort. Them being fired is a load of BS. That is what police and security Personnel are meant for.
If they didn't break any contractual agreement as doormen than they have all rights to sue the apartment building.
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My problem is people losing their jobs over something subjective. Over something that has nothing to do with their jobs. We can talk all day about how brave they *should* have been. They took action after the fact but not before. Ok. But have we forgotten the of mass shootings?
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Fired.
The great 👁 eye is always watching.
It seems Karma has been played out as a consequence of NOT helping a victim of the attack.
Who let the violent criminal- who killed his own mother - out of prison early? Can you remind us which NY politicians promoted these soft on violent criminals policies? Why are so many people more upset at the bystanders than the violent, racist psychopath who attacked the woman?
Sounds like more White Supremacy™
Isn’t that ilegal? Isn’t that a voluntary act?...isn’t this the same “people” who wanted the police defunded? For decades Asians have been targeted specially by this specific minority...cynical hypocrisy
I completely disagree with their lack of intervention, and they should carry that shame with them, but it is a choice they should be free to make. I don’t see how an employer can mandate that an employee should intervene in a crime, particularly when outside the place of work.
This is bullshit and they should sue
Public were gunning for them. Only time I’ve ever witness the public ever tag-team goodriddance
Wouldn't have been able to look at myself in the mirror ever again if I stood around and didn't at at least drop kick the fool in his back or something
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Human decency is part of your job, no one is expecting them to jump in right away for fear of a gun or a knife but how calling 911 and running to assist her. They didn’t do anything to help and even closed the door to leave her there hurt on the sidewalk.
Wow, this is how far gone you are as a nation and a people, that such an incident could happen right in front of these men-regardless of the circumstances, and they weren't alarmed by it. It's time for America to GO AWAY! You're an embarrassment!
DJRiter It took longer to fire Sharon Osbourne.
strange . . .
These men are not trained police officers and are un armed. What more could they have done? They flagged down a police car and the police summoned help.
Imagine getting your pelvis broken like this and seeing ppl debate if you should've been helped by the witnesses. 🙄
That’s bullshit. The attack was over in two seconds. What the hell were they supposed to do about it? It was bang bang and over.
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Disgusting. Men get fired for not doing SOMEONE ELSE’S (the useless NYPD) job. Hope they sue the living shit out the apartment owners...
Spike, right.
Cry “racism”...you’ll get your job back...plus a big check from GoFundMe.
As if the doormen knew it was an anti-Asian attack? What if it were common domestic violence?
The guy will surely open up the door if the victim has same color as his..🤨
What if it was discovered the lady had attacked him first?
Since when are doormen expected to intervene in a violent confrontation?
Some get fired for doing something and some get fired for not doing something.
A lot of people saying that they might have lost their job if they stepped in. I would rather lose a job because I helped someone than to worry for my job and turn my back.
They need to be charged as accessories, not just fired.
Jetson77 I dunno. Maybe call the police. Go out there and try to stop it... bring her inside for help.
but were those white police officers fired for not intervening in them colobine mass school shootings?🤔 at the end of the day they did the right thing, tho they should have called 911, they are still BLACK at the end of the day, so protect ur life cause Amerikka for sure WONT
NATIONAL SPIKE I CALL BS.. IT'S IN DEMOCRAT CONTROLLED CITIES.
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Where's the men in New York?
“[The attacker’s] lawyers have urged the public to ‘reserve judgment until all the facts are presented in court.’” 🤨
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Should start arresting individuals who video tape these incidents rather than assist
After the beating rather assisting the woman who was beaten they just closed the door as if nothing happen. They could of called the cops, yelled at the man, or try to stop the man. But doing nothing was just wrong.
This is a business decision for hotel. They had to do something to counter the negative pub this incident brought. That said... Since when does a doorman's job descrip. include fighting thugs on the street in front of the building?
Is running out of the building and tackling the attacker on their job description? If not I would sue the building for wrongful termination.
He should've been arrested for negligence always 😫
Brothers stick together even when one of them is gutlessly attacking an old woman.
I don't understand the rush to defend the doormen for 'doing their job' but no rush to defend the elderly woman being stomped on by a man several times her size. Imagine if you lived in that building - how would you feel knowing these guys would just watch you being attacked?
Its not surprising these men took no direct or even called for help when she was brutally Attacked. The Exact thing happened when a uber driver was tossed from his crashed car onto the Sidewalk and Died, and no rendered Assistance.
They should have been fired to fail to aid in “an attack”... race should not play a role in their decision to assist!
stupid
This is how Asians respond when an Asian cop was charged for killing a black person. They protect the killer, but black doormen, not security, are expected to give their lives to protect Asians, and fired for failing to do so.
This makes no sense. Did they fire the maid as well?
Can we brand them for cowardice
I guess the doormen werent White, or you would have included that useless info like telling me the person was Asian. What race was the attacker? Defund the police but doormen should know martial arts.
That's kind of fukked up. Anytime you call the police to report a crime in progress they always tell you to 'not intervene' in any way.
Good, that is a despicable action by them. Closing a door rather than rendering aid, disgusting!
I was hoping they would be fired. Closing the door instead of helping was terrible.
it’s sad. if a gunman had entered the. building at the same time that the doorman was helping the lady, they would have blamed the doorman again. point is: he is the fall guy anyways.
The Brodsky organization should publish their emergency protocols
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So is the white man that attempted to protect his wife instead of Asians during the Atlanta massage parlor massacre going to get fired, too?
Sure. Judge their moral character, they could have done better. Much better. But pretty sure monitoring the street for Asian or any other attacks wasn't in their job description.
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Saw the video. Nobody involved in this could conceivably be called a White Supremist.
What if that woman was their mother...their wife...a neighbor...would they have stood idly by or would they have jumped into the fray to help her? They didn't even make a move to call the police during those few moments.
Red_Roscoe well I guess there were consequences for them leaving her on the sidewalk after being beaten
That's s makes me extremely happy!
Well, you can fire them. But I think you shld know that it’s like this all over. People don’t want to get involved. If you want your employees to be responsible for things like that you have to train them.
As they should have. Be a decent human for God's sake, and if you see a crime or injury on your doorstep, step up to help. You don't close the door and look away. Cowards and thet demonstrated lack of moral character.
If they would have helped, we would be reading they got fired for intervening.
Good. Cowards.
Wait...so now black people have to sacrifice our jobs and lives to protect Asians?WTF
Hopefully they sue.
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As they should be.,
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they should be held accountable
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I'm not complaining, but it's super messed up that we apparently hold a building doorman to higher standard in this country than we do the actual police...
Dude who closed the door should've known he was going to get fired...
Look at all the racists saying good .. a Doorman isn’t a security guard. Why was this savage allowed out on parole after killing his mother? Why are doorman held to a higher standard than the NYPD brass and the liberal legal system?
As they should have been. Thise big men should have helped that small woman. Despicable
Is stopping street crime part of the job description of being a doorman?
chenereewa Yes - Justice and consequences. Now fire the FedEx driver too.
Black people are the first to be fired... N last to hire. If that was a white doorman they will say he was mentally ill that's y he couldn't intervene.....Even the Asian police man that stood there n watched George Floyd strangled to death wasn't fired this fast.
The asshole who closed the door on the poor attacked woman should get some sort of punishment
I wonder if sensitivity training and a few hours of community service in the Asian community might have been better in the long run? Are the fired employees now more resentful against Asians instead of encouraging communication and understanding? Just a thought
I love good news
In the news: People have been fired for trying to help. Also in the news, people have been fired for not helping. Which is it!
what were two unarmed doormen (not police) supposed to do
Doormen fired for closing door, doing their jobs.
Surprised it took this long!? Who in the building would feel safe with doormen like those? StopAsianHateCrimes
Good! God don’t like ugly. They will get theirs. What goes around comes around!
Notice the media never mentions when a hate crime is committed against a white person? Very telling.
About TIME!
If they were in the Seinfeld universe, they would go on trial themselves.
Good. It was evil watching them close the door when it happened!
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