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May 18, 2018

New York: Calls Grow for Disbarment of Lawyer Filmed in Racist Tirade
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And a New York City lawyer caught on camera making racist remarks to
Spanish-speaking patrons at a Manhattan restaurant this week has lost
his office space and is now at risk of being disbarred. New York
Congressmember Adriano Espaillat said Thursday he's filed a grievance
against Aaron Schlossberg, a lawyer in Midtown Manhattan who threatened
to call immigration enforcement after overhearing customers and staff
speaking Spanish. The racist tirade went viral this week.

Aaron Schlossberg: "And my guess is they're not documented. So my next
call is to ICE to have each one of them kicked out of my country."

Schlossberg hid from reporters outside his Manhattan home Thursday,
wearing a black ski cap and covering his face with an open umbrella.
When questioned by a local NBC affiliate, he turned and sprinted down a
Manhattan street, away from cameras.


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