Six people have been arrested after a group of anti-vax protesters staged a sit-in inside a Cheesecake Factory in Queens, police said.
About 40 protesters stormed the restaurant inside the Queens Center mall at 7 p.m. Tuesday and refused to show proof of vaccination — in defiance of New York City requirements, according to cops.
The manager alerted authorities after the protesters refused repeated requests for them to leave the restaurant.
The protesters also ignored cops when they ordered them to get out, police said.
Footage of the ordeal showed the protesters arguing with cops, including one who compared the officers to Nazis.
“We’re going to sue every last one of these motherf—ers,” the protesters can be heard saying in one video.
Six people were eventually taken into custody at 9:45 p.m. and charged with criminal trespass.
Among those charged were Eric Bacon, 38, Mitchell Bosch, 42, Graig Young, 37, Josephine Valdez, 30, and Bryce Ciccaglione, 24.
The name of the sixth person wasn’t immediately available.
Bosch had a prior arrest for assault, while Young had previously been arrested for reckless endangerment with a firearm, cops said.
The protesters are believed to belong to a group called New York Freedom Rally.
The group posted multiple advertisements on Instagram in the lead-up to Tuesday calling on people to “go dine together” at the Cheesecake Factory.
One of the ad flyers featured Mayor Bill de Blasio’s face on top of a cheesecake.
The group are against the Big Apple’s COVID-19 vaccination requirements, which requires people to be vaccinated in order to eat indoors and visit gyms.
