{"id":398497,"date":"2022-01-24T18:30:28","date_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/man-arrested-after-racist-tirade-throwing-drink-at-smoothie-shop-workers\/"},"modified":"2022-01-24T18:30:28","modified_gmt":"2022-01-24T15:30:28","slug":"man-arrested-after-racist-tirade-throwing-drink-at-smoothie-shop-workers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/man-arrested-after-racist-tirade-throwing-drink-at-smoothie-shop-workers\/","title":{"rendered":"#Man Arrested After Racist Tirade &#038; Throwing Drink At Smoothie Shop Workers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#Man Arrested After Racist Tirade &amp; Throwing Drink At Smoothie Shop Workers<br \/>\n<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div itemprop=\"articleBody\" class=\"text\">\nA customer who delivered a disturbing and viral verbal tirade against the employees at a Connecticut smoothie shop has gone viral.<\/p>\n<p><strong>James Iannazzo<\/strong> ordered a smoothie for his son, who has a peanut allergy, from a\u00a0<strong>Robeks<\/strong> smoothie shop in the New England state on Saturday. According to local police in the city of Fairfield, he reportedly asked that the drink not contain any peanut butter, but did not note the allergy when delivering his order to employees.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: Influencer Brittany Renner DEMOLISHES Podcast Hosts On Air Over Sexist Comment!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Iannazzo then allegedly came\u00a0<em>back<\/em> to the store after some time, and begin yelling at the employees, demanding that they tell him who made the smoothie drink that may have triggered an allergic reaction. The confrontation quickly escalates, with Iannazzo yelling at and berating the employees, calling them \u201cf**king stupid, f**king ignorant high school kids.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>After one employee demanded that he leave the store, he continued yelling, turning his tirade towards her and delivering a disgusting anti-immigrant rant, yelling that she was a \u201cf**king immigrant loser.\u201d At one point \u2014 as the man is being recorded on video by employees from behind the counter \u2014 Iannazzo attempts to enter a door leading to an employees-only area of the store. He tops it\u00a0<em>all<\/em> off by throwing the drink at the employee who he had previously been yelling at, before leaving.<\/p>\n<p class=\"highlight\">So despicable!!!<\/p>\n<p>Video of the incident quickly went viral over the weekend, with <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social media<\/a> users sharing and commenting on the unsettling clip thousands of times. It is disturbing to see Iannazzo\u2019s aggression, but you can click <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FBZ3x47yA5s\">HERE<\/a> to watch the video.<\/p>\n<p>Iannazzo, who is 48 years old, was later arrested by the Fairfield PD and booked on charges of intimidation based on bias, breach of peace, and criminal trespass, according to local reports. He is set to make his first court <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>earance on February 7.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday, financial services giant\u00a0<strong>Merrill Lynch<\/strong> announced that Iannazzo was a longtime employee of their company \u2014 and that he had been fired after the viral incident.\u00a0A Sunday statement to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a>week\u00a0<\/em>from the financial firm confirmed that the angry man had been canned:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cOur company does not tolerate behavior of this kind. We immediately investigated and have taken action. This individual is no longer employed at our firm.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to <em>Newsweek<\/em>, Iannazzo had worked for Merrill Lynch for 26 years.<\/p>\n<p>Iannazzo\u2019s attorney,\u00a0<strong>Frank J. Riccio<\/strong>, released his own statement to the media, revealing that Iannazzo\u2019s son was apparently \u201crequired to transport via ambulance to the hospital\u201d in response to having the reported allergic reaction after consuming the smoothie.<\/p>\n<p>The lawyer stated:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cHis son has a life-threatening peanut allergy. Upon drinking the Robeks smoothie, his son had a severe allergic reaction which required transport via ambulance to the hospital. When faced with a dire situation, Mr. Iannazzo\u2019 parental instinct kicked in and he acted out of anger and fear. He is not a racist and deeply regrets his statement and actions during a moment of extreme emotion.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Wow. Here is more on this weekend\u2019s unfortunate viral situation and the legal aftermath, from\u00a0<em>Fox 61 Connecticut<\/em> (below):<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Viral video shows customer yelling racist comments at employees, throwing drink\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/db_oNg5aUuo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Obviously, we can\u2019t even imagine how scary it must be to have his son rushed to the hospital to deal with a scary allergic reaction like that. Our thoughts go out to that poor boy for what he must have had to endure.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, that doesn\u2019t make it right to unleash a disgusting and bigoted tirade or throw a drink at anyone! EVER!!!<\/p>\n<p class=\"image_cite\"><em>[Image via <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/fpdct.com\">Fairfield Police Department<\/a>]<\/em>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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