Lawyer Who Threatened to Call ICE on Spanish-Speaking Employees Apologizes for Racist Rant
The Manhattan-based lawyer who went viral last week for verbally attacking two Spanish-speaking women has made an attempt to apologize.
Aaron Schlossberg posted his apology on Twitter on Tuesday. “Seeing myself online opened my eyes,” Schlossberg wrote. “What the video did not convey is the real me. I am not a racist.”
— AaronSchlossbergLaw (@ASchlossbergLaw) May 22, 2018
In the video that went viral last week, Schlossberg is at a restaurant visibly upset and complaining to an employee, who is likely a manager. “Your staff is speaking Spanish to customers when they should be speaking English,” Schlossberg says as he points at several people.
“And my guess is they’re undocumented,” Schlossberg continued. “So my next call is to ICE to have each one of them kicked out of my country.”
Schlossberg’s attempt at an apology is too little, too late as Twitter users point out that this is not the first time the lawyer has been caught on film acting just as aggressive and hateful.
Dang. I’ve seen 3 – the restaurant, the pushing of the guy on the street (who has his own vlog), the rally…. Actually, I don’t need, or even want, to see anymore. They make me feel physically sick.
— winterwitch (@winterwitchy) May 22, 2018
The logical inconsistency and disconnect with his actions on MULTIPLE videos – not one – is profound and laughable. His eyes were opened? Please. What a ridiculous joke.
This apology? Hahaha. No, wait, wait.
HAHAHAHAHAHA. #AaronSchlossberg #BreakingNews #BREAKING pic.twitter.com/hmAUl8wwFC
— Wonky Wonk (@wonky_wonk) May 23, 2018
After last week’s video went viral, other instances of Schlossberg’s history of harassing people resurfaced. One incident that was circulated was a video where Schlossberg allegedly ran into a vlogger on purpose and demanded to know what country the vlogger was from. Schlossberg called the vlogger “an ugly f–king foreigner” and began calling the police. “You don’t run into people,” Schlossberg says as he dials the police. “I’m a citizen here. You’re not.”
Because of his history of xenophobic behavior, Twitter users were also not afraid to call Schlossberg out on his attempt to make amends as being damage control rather than a sincere apology for his actions.
“My racism has cost me more money then I could possibly have imagined, and for that I am sorry.”
— Dan Hallberg (@DanDHallberg) May 22, 2018
“My racism has cost me more money then I could possibly have imagined, and for that I am sorry.”
— Dan Hallberg (@DanDHallberg) May 22, 2018
Pretty sure the video conveyed the very real you. You don’t even have the sense the release this statement in Spanish?
— Jacob Masterson🌹 (@jaymast) May 22, 2018
