Police Arrest Anti-Vaccine Mandate Protesters At New York City Applebee’s ‘Sit-In’

Police in Queens, New York, arrested four individuals who were participating in an anti-vaccine mandate sit-in at an Applebee’s Wednesday night. The establishment requires patrons to be vaccinated as is required under New York City’s COVID-19 restriction rules.

Multiple police officers were seen on video handling the restaurant-goers, who attempted to order food from the vaccine-required restaurant.

#BreakingNews multiple protesters against mandates were just arrested at Applebee's in queens NY for trying to order food at a vaxed only restaurants pic.twitter.com/adZ0qJybwC

— Leeroy Johnson (@LeeroyPress) December 16, 2021

As Insider reported, the arrests came a day after six individuals were arrested at a New York Cheesecake Factory while attempting the same stunt. Insider also reported that other videos “showed a group of anti-mandate protesters crowding around the NYPD after the Applebee’s arrests, chanting: ‘Shame on you.'”