"Retail terrorists" Strike North 6th American Apparel
Somebody threw rocks through the windows of Williamsburg’s American Apparel last night, in what looks to be a bout of “retail terrorism.”
I called up the store to ask just what happened, and was told that yes, indeed, someone threw rocks inside the store but then they were caught by the police. I asked if they think the leggings assassins were acting maliciously, or just drunks, and they said, “Yea, they wrote that on their blog. They have blogs. Someone took pictures and put them up on a blog.” I asked which blog that was, but they didn’t know. I am Googling, and would appreciate if you do the same! Email me if you find these pics.
Hat tip to Sami, who tweeted, “some serious stuff went down on north 6th last night involving flaming trash and shattered windows at am. apparel…”
This blog posted a photo w/ the caption, “Retail Terrorists attacked the American Apparel in Williamsburg-Hipster culprits.”
sQuiddums on Twitter chimes in with, “Who tries to smokebomb American Apparel? You have a huge problem with leggings? The whole of Williamsburg shops there, just admit it.”
So who did it? Was it one of the peeps who lost the big butts contest? That’s my guess!
Update 1-1:44 pm: Heard from a tipster who knows an employee at a nearby establishment. That person’s report from the scene makes it sounds a heck of a lot scarier than just a few kids throwing rocks! Per his recollection, there were about 50 guys dressed all in black, wearing masks, and “causing total mayhem” all along No. 6th St, “dumping out trash dumpsters and setting everything on fire in the streets, and then smashing all the windows of the american apparel.”
Update 2-2:22 pm: new pic after the jump.
A reader writes in: “Note wood on inside used like bat for smashing.”
Update 6:00 pm: From the Gawker comments tip line, via Village Voice: “The the American Apparrel in Williamsburg was vandalized last night in an act of hipster rebellion. Both front windows were broken and the vandals unloaded a bunch of crap from a nearby dumpster, threw it in the middle of the road, and set off fireworks and smoke bombs on it. They then climbed atop and yelled out a hipster rebel yell of the revolutionaries. Just kidding about that last part but oh you could have fun with this.”
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GREAT !!! THIS STORE MAKES ME WANT TO PUKE !!
This is awesome. I’d love to see more shit like this happen around the neighborhood. Fuck AA, Starbucks, and the other corporate whores.
word on the street is that this was part of the nation-wide day of action for education. these were hunter students who met up in mccarren park around 10pm to continue their day of action with the intent of eventually getting arrested. not sure how this action links up with educational reform but cant always expect logic from student anarchists…
“This is awesome. I’d love to see more shit like this happen around the neighborhood. Fuck AA, Starbucks, and the other corporate whores.”
What exactly have they done to you or anyone else? Thats right nothing. They sell their products and if you don’t like their products you don’t have to buy them. I mean American Apparel is one of the few places that sells stuff not made in third world sweat shops. These idiots who think they have the right to break other people’s things have yet to make a real case against American apparel. I mean out of all the corporate places around why them?
To the assholes that did this!!! Karma is a bitch! Both of my car tires got slashed on account of all this stupidity leaving me stranded for 2 days. I was up from Philly doing a job. I actually saw everyone throwing trash on the street (6th & Wythe) and thought how ridiculous it was. Even girls were involved, trying to pick up garbage cans making weak attempts on throwing them. It looked so ridiculous! After everyone scattered running up Wythe in between north 6th & 7th were I was parked, I heard more sounds of banging .. etc. I decided to head up there to check my car and noticed both tires were slashed. Right about that time I looked back and saw under covers arresting a few people. I filled out a police report and will be checking back with the precinct this week.
I’m mad. Ahh rich kids trying to be rebels. Please go back to Long Island. Plus AA has a great sesame street line right now.
god forbid someone trash a bank, credit card company, or a realtor… the ones really fucking us over
Kenshiro do some reading. Educate yourself. You’ll see that American Apparel is not the benign, democratic, pro-worker organization it claims to be. It’s anti-union, pro sexual-harassment, and guilty of a number of shady labor practices. Not rumors. Proven in a court of law. It’s corporate greed and business as usual in hipster disguise and you guys are eating it up like it’s cotton candy. Go on Etsy or buy from local shops if you want your dollars to make a difference.
Yes, yes, let’s “bring down the man” by acting like barbaric assholes lacking any real mission aside from a juvenile adrenaline rush. Are you making a diffrence? No. You look like a fool. You have a problem with big corporations? Unless you’re making all your own clothes and growing all your own food, and maybe constructing your own tee pee in a park somewhere, I suggest you shut your fucking mouth.
hipsters trying to out hipster hipsters. so hipster! so gay…
HIPSTERS
Sure, they could have gone after bigger, badder corporations. but why not kill the seeds before they grow?
http://news.infoshop.org/article.php?story=20050804154742932
all solidarity to window smashers
People *do* trash banks. It just makes better, funnier news when an American Apparel gets hit.
And frankly, fuck that place and fuck Dov Charney in the goat ass. It’s labor practices suck and their advertisement reeks of creepy sexism. That “best butts” contest was an ingenious way to exploit women for free sexual labor and advertising.
People need to grow up, it’s just clothes. What’s the big deal? Wear what you like and that’s it.
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