Lawyer Who Went on Viral Xenophobic Rant Banned From His NYC Office
Source: Mediate
by Jon Street | 2:11 pm, May 17th, 2018
The New York City man whose xenophobic rant was captured on video at a Midtown restaurant Tuesday is no longer welcome at his office.
The incident captured the man, a New York City lawyer identified as Aaron Schlossberg, at Fresh Kitchen in Midtown Manhattan berating workers because they spoke Spanish. Schlossberg said that his guess was that they were undocumented, and added that his next step was to call ICE.
Following the Tuesday tantrum, a GoFundMe page was set up to troll Schlossberg outside his office with a Mariachi band and taco truck. Then, on Thursday, WABC-TVs Derick Waller reported that the band and taco truck were the least of Schlossbergs worries. Schlossberg, according to Wallers report, is no longer welcome inside the building where he rents office space.
Link to tweet
Even so, that apparently didnt stop Schlossberg from going to work on Thursday. The New York Post captured the 42-year-old lawyer leaving his Manhattan apartment but not without being surrounded by reporters. At one point, Schlossberg stopped and said into his cellphone, Please send help. Theyre claiming things that arent true. Schlossberg added that reporters were grabbing me and not letting me walk. One reporter strongly pushed back against those claims, though, saying Schlossberg was never pushed or grabbed and was allowed to walk wherever he wanted.
Read more: https://www.mediaite.com/online/lawyer-who-went-on-viral-xenophobic-rant-banned-from-his-nyc-office/
sakabatou
(42,148 posts)47of74
(18,470 posts)bitterross
(4,066 posts)Tons of them will offer him a position. Stephen Miller in the White House would love him. Maybe they can have a love-child together.
liberalhistorian
(20,816 posts)to the rescue!!
Pluvious
(4,309 posts)PSPS
(13,591 posts)"Watch out or I'll schlossberg you!"
"He pulled a schlossberg on me!"
"Don't schlossberg me, bro!"
louis-t
(23,292 posts)Especially ones that are good liars.
apnu
(8,756 posts)louis-t
(23,292 posts)And he can set up an office in drumpf tower.
apnu
(8,756 posts)SunSeeker
(51,550 posts)The NY Bar is the state licensing entity; the NY Bar Association is just a lawyer club.
apnu
(8,756 posts)mahina
(17,646 posts)Its just a feeling.
Theres a chance were being played here.
In any case, he wins the douchebag award for the week.
geomon666
(7,512 posts)He's been seen on video making racist rants like this for years.
Maybe I just dont meet these types enough to understand them. Small mercy.
IronLionZion
(45,429 posts)some of us grew up with these types of assholes screaming at us to get out of the country despite being born here.
MaryMagdaline
(6,853 posts)That type of behavior is unforgivable.
underpants
(182,773 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)never mind, I don't think I want to know
IronLionZion
(45,429 posts)Only people who fit their narrow ideals and description are the "real Americans".
He has similar ideas for what sort of Jews are "real", the ones who agree with his right wing politics.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)You gotta assume its cooked up and these guys got something for it- even if its just a few cases thrown his way and drinks w the self proclaimed Twink himself. The little guy next to him has been photographed at all sorts of Trump events w lots of swag- tees and buttons. Hes not an alpha though, so Im sure his compensation was less. A normal and successful looking douchebag like this? Hes not doing it becasue he has convictions.
marble falls
(57,077 posts)bettyellen
(47,209 posts)Because they do it- and it doesnt matter if its a few people, as long as they are provocative, someone will film it. Remember all the protests organized by Russians too?
LOL at this guy wanting to go viral at some point in his life. The irony is too much.
Solly Mack
(90,762 posts)Letting him know his behavior will not be tolerated.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Here's my tiny violin
mac56
(17,566 posts)Notice anything interesting?
Hekate
(90,645 posts)Not too proud for that, apparently.
Rabrrrrrr
(58,347 posts)but not good enough to be citizens or deserving of human respect.
"You can speak all the Spanish you want if you're giving me money! But if you aren't, then fuck you, speak English or get the hell out of here."
Sneederbunk
(14,290 posts)Rabrrrrrr
(58,347 posts)so what happens if they lose their practice and then Donald hires them?
The Polack MSgt
(13,186 posts)PSPS
(13,591 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)berating the "Fake Jews" with other deplorables last year recognized him on the video at the restaurant. I can't believe that the ignorant ass is a lawyer and is fluent in Spanish and advertises this skill on his website!
PSPS
(13,591 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,584 posts)griloco
(832 posts)he already knows English...all those extra words can be very confusing...
anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)This guy says that Schlossberg deliberately charged towards him and his friends as they were walking on a sidewalk and began attacking them in an insane manner:
https://m.
MaryMagdaline
(6,853 posts)Where he could sit and do his work ... where hardworking immigrants could bring him food, coffee and give him the wifi code.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)Every where and every time
Paladin
(28,252 posts)And he's been filmed at other Manhattan demonstrations. Notably, Schlossberg, who is Jewish, was one of the leaders of a crowd demonstrating against some Orthodox Jews. (And no, I don't know the reason why).
SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)SummerSnow
(12,608 posts)anneboleyn
(5,611 posts)This guy is either dangerously unstable or an attention-seeking nutter maybe both its rather scary to think that he has a law license. There are apparently more examples of his nutcase offensive behavior this is just one example that predates this incident:
https://m.
3Hotdogs
(12,374 posts)thoughts left to offer if he would like to hear them.
I already gave all of my prayers to Cohen this morning. I don't have any more of those left.
Gothmog
(145,130 posts)asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Can you practice law in NY without being a member of the bar...humm
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)Admission to practice law in New York is handled by the Appellate Divisions, an intermediate appellate court in New York that has four geographical departments. You make your application to the appropriate Department. If, after you're admitted, you do something that calls into question your fitness to continue to practice law, the case can be investigated by the disciplinary committee for that Department, which can recommend various penalties, up to and including disbarment. The court then acts on the recommendation of the disciplinary committee.
There are various organizations for lawyers. The New York State Bar Association is one, but there's also the New York State Trial Lawyers Association, New York chapters of national organizations such as the National Lawyers Guild and the American Immigration Lawyers Association, and probably plenty of others that don't occur to me offhand. None of these organizations, however, play any role in admitting people to practice law or in disbarring errant lawyers. You can be in good standing to practice without belonging to any such organization.
As for Schlossberg being toast: I am, I'm proud to say, quite unfamiliar with the details of attorney discipline. No one has ever filed a complaint about me. My guess, however, is that "going on a racist rant that got videotaped" isn't anywhere close to what would support disbarment.
You say it's a violation of fundamental decency? There are places in the United States where being a Muslim or advocating socialism would be widely viewed as a violation of fundamental decency. I don't want to see attorneys disbarred for unpopular opinions.
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)disbarred...considering the time, effort, and considerable amount of money it takes to actually get to the bar exam..if I were his mother or father I would wash his mouth out with soap...
Me thinks he has shot himself in the foot , metaphorically speaking, of course...what FIRM would hire him now..let alone a client walking into his store - Trump, maybe or his ilk...
oh, that's right, the building where he rents an office - they want nothing to do with him...just one question to this miscreant, "have you no decency"
I often ask, is it nature, or nurture....
The young fellow in the video demonstrated more civility than this jerk..
Be well, Jim Lane, congrats on passing the bar..and not evah having a complaint registered against you..
Jim Lane
(11,175 posts)According to this article, more than 10,000 people have signed a petition to that effect. When you said "toast" I jumped to the conclusion that that's what you meant -- my apologies.
You write:
Saying "not evah" might be too optimistic. I'll go with "not yet" instead. But thanks for the good wishes!
asiliveandbreathe
(8,203 posts)advise.
BTW2 - I take umbrage with your comparison, "places in the US where being Muslim or advocating socialism would be viewed as a violation of fundamental decency" ..
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100210625938
SayItLoud
(1,702 posts)tRUMP just found his next big TV lawyer.
El Shaman
(583 posts)lawyers are, so flakey , like ''snowflakey' . Can't hardly wait for the battles to began .
Will Trump have his mount, perhaps Stormy ??
El Shaman
(583 posts)'Pussy Grabbing' hoss !!!!