A Washington DC coffee shop owner has launched a racist tirade at a Spanish-speaking Uber Eats delivery driver, demanding that he “learn English” and mocking his language.
Greg Harris, owner of Canna Coffee, TikTok On Monday, the driver, Gregorio Amundarain, was accused of making “money” in the US and not speaking English when picking up orders.
“Learn English! Learn it!” Harris shouted in Amundarain's face, before beginning to record the graphic abuse into Amundarain's cell phone camera.
“If you want to make money in America, learn English!”
Harris then grabs the driver's second mobile phone, apparently used to make the delivery, and continues to make racist remarks.
“I don't speak English,” Amundarain replied, as the infuriated coffee shop owner continued to shout at him.
The driver then begins speaking to him in Spanish, to which Harris is seen yelling angrily at the driver and making faces, uttering incomprehensible words.
“This is not your country! This is not your country! Learn English!” the owner shouted in the driver's face.
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Harris continued to yell and taunt Amundarain, before repeatedly slamming the brown paper bag containing the food order that the delivery driver had been collecting into Amundarain's chest.
Mr Amundaline leaves the store, but Mr Harris follows him, and is seen punching him again in the face before the one-minute video ends.
The video has been viewed nearly 20 million times since it was posted and sparked outrage against the DC coffee shop.
“I was so scared,” said Amundarain, who moved to the U.S. from Venezuela to provide a better life for her family. Fox 5 Washington DC The encounter between him and the owner quickly escalated, and he began recording it for his own safety.
“I didn't deserve to be treated so disrespectfully,” the Uber Eats driver told the outlet.
According to Fox 5, Amundarain said he filed a report with the Washington DC Police Department about the discrimination he experienced.
Police officials told the outlet they were investigating the incident as a hate crime and simple assault.
Uber later announced that it had removed CannaCoffee from its platform. post X on Wednesday.
“We are outraged by the behavior in this video. There is no place for hate on our platform. We have removed this business from our app and are working to verify the well-being of our delivery drivers,” the food delivery and ride-sharing company wrote.
As Amundarain was seen being reprimanded on camera, DC Health, which conducts pass/fail inspections of food establishments in the city, said Canna Coffee was operating illegally when its driver went to pick up the order. united states of america.
D.C. health officials said they inspected Canna Coffee on Sept. 11 and found the store had multiple violations.
Authorities immediately issued a closure order, closing the store on September 18 “until further notice.”
But Canna Coffee continued to operate and violated the order, officials told the news outlet.
Because authorities did not disclose any violations, Canna Coffee was immediately suspended.
It also emerged that the DC Department of Licensing and Consumer Protection (DLCP) had been investigating the business for several months.
The DLCP filed two violation notices against Canna Coffee on May 13 and Aug. 8, but did not disclose why the notices were filed, a department official told WUSA9.
Harris and her lawyers are scheduled to hold a press conference on Monday, according to WUSA9.
The Post has reached out to DC Health, DLCP and the Metropolitan Police for comment.
