Rev. Billy arrested at Astor Place Starbucks

[susannie111]

He appears to be a terminator of jobs.

[susannie111]

What a bunch of freaks.

[susannie111]

Did this poster above Kashapudio actually say that? Should Starbucks give each employee part of the business? What's wrong with this picture?  Maybe he's from Greece - or Europe? In the US - we work - that's why we're bailing out the EU now. Hmmm... and we don't receive vacations for a month or two - holiday time off every few weeks - etc.

Now... why did someone recommend him and this video?? And the Rev wants What?

[poocholanska]

Viva Rev. Billy!!!

[Hiro139]

this Starbucks is out of business now a days

[Groovingforwardatx]

What the hell is wrong with starbucks? They pay their employees just as fair if not more fair than any other coffee shop, and they give their employees benifits.

[AntaresInScorpius]

@Groovingforwardatx amen!!

[agent458]

I never go to Starbucks. Someone gave me a Starbucks gift card once - I cut it into about 20 pieces and mailed it in to their Corporate Headquarter location. Starsucks.

[humzah0007]

starbucks  = zoinist

[MrButterBoi]

Arrested for a good cause? What cause would that be? He hasn't made anything clear other than he'd like leech some fame off of the most famous company in the world.

After 1,000,000 views on YouTube and several arrests, I'm sure his book sales will really start to see a spike!!!

What a joke! STARBUCKS > REV. willard

[Ezra1977]

At least he got arrested for a good cause...

[xXFullmedal57Xx]

yaaaaaaaa thats all nice and dandy but id just want my coffee

[Bane196]

This not the whole video. The cops actually pulled he aside and told him he has the right to protest, just do not touch the store. The moron decided to give the store an exorcism. That is when he get arrested. This video is missing like four minutes.

[canamm]

Is this guy crazy?? What was he thinking, getting between a cop and a coffee shop?? The only thing dumber is taking a donut away from one of these clowns....

[jessticleez]

you fucking idiots piss me off. thinking your saving the souls of the world. its not mcdonalds, starbucks and wal-mart killing the world its stupid consumers that want convenience over quality. and every time you support people like this your giving them more power. this guy just wants to make money. the more controversial he is the more he will gain a loyal cult following. besides, who would follow a guy with that kind of haircut.

stupid people dont know they're stupid. this is the problem.

[hschan4]

@jessticleez "Stupid people don't know they're stupid."  You just proved your own point.

[jessticleez]

@hschan4 haha. only in ways you dont understand. shut up. go soak your head.

[hschan4]

@jessticleez I'll go soak it in your mum's cunt brine ;-)

[nothingkat]

I love sweatshops. They make great stuff for me.

[PhantomLyric]

@nothingkat You know it! :) When I think of the little babies, 6 weeks old and still bloody pasting on the rhinestones to my new ed hardy, I think "Damn... I wish art class was that fun for me growing up!...." :)

[inmylife10465]

i love choice and the freedom i have

this here is crazy;if they don't like what freedom i am entitled 2,then let them go back to the cave men days.live and let live!

and god bless american capatalism!

[sabelmouse]

wow. so much for free speach i the land of the free.

[opiated666]

this is fucking funny..... whahaha people are realy crazy beeings

the ones that build this stores and the ones that shop there and the ones that protest against it ... whahahahaha people are animals ... ill take that back animals are along way from beeing so fucked up as the people on this earth...funny shit this is

[SAUNDERSacts2618]

I love this guy!

[whiteyvanpeebles]

@SAUNDERSacts2618 Of course you love him SAUNDES. You're a faggot.

[windsorniceguy]

too bad they weren't for real if they were ya think they would be spending their time protesting something really important, instead of bloody coffee.

[Bruce0Smith]

@windsorniceguy It is not coffee that they are protesting. They are protesting how this company uses sweatshops and child labor to get you your coffee.

[notyetajedi65]

Rev. Billy's awesome. America needs more people like him.

[chiledoug]

im just seeing comments from a lot of people who just dont get it....if you dont your not paying attention....it political and social satire..

[willfool]

Just another hypocritical religious looney.

[telephowned]

he's a satirist. the fact this needs to be explained is the reason the world needs people like him.

[chiledoug]

its satire ...my friend..

[SoapClawtooth]

oh dear. I suggest you look up 'tongue in cheek' in the urban dictionary and say things to yourself first before typing them.

[Marshalddog]

For a man that condems capitalism, I find it hypocritical that he advertises the sale of his DVD/movie to the public. How much has he grossed so far? Where does he shop? You can't make your own car.

[Testibus00]

Patrick Henry, Fredrick Douglas, Abby Hoffman, Billy Talen. Maybe the truth can be annoying, but I still think we need these kind of fools. CHANGELLUJAH.

[SS5507]

I HATE people who say that just beacuse you work in food service or beacuse you are not a doctor or scientist that you shouldn't recieve fair pay or benefits,I HATE people who say that people who work these types of jobs are dumb and talentless I worked at Marshalls for about 2 years and there were about 8 or 9 ppl i worked with that had college degrees and couldn't find jobs in the field they studied,and yes, even in the medical field.

[bluemangroup16]

im pretty glad he was taken away, since i live in the city and when ppl do this is pretty f'n annoying. thankgod he was taken away

[philds391]

Douchebags.

[TheShnuz]

What did he do that was an arrestable offence? I could understand getting a ticket for protesting without a permit though but does anyone have more info on this?

[Marshalddog]

I believe you have the right to express your opinion in the public square, not on private property (inside Starbucks). Also, pouring water on someones cash register is destruction of private property. You can also throw in unlawfull assembly. If being an idiot was a crime, they would site him for that as well.

[Mametchi]

LOL. Did he just say "It has a billionaire at the top!"? Way to be Captain Obvious. NO, REALLY? I thought it was a bum that ran Starbucks and did it for free. *rolls eyes*

[students4freedom]

great video

[Republican4Nader]

Rev. Billy is running for Mayor of NYC this year. Ya'll....please vote for him.

[bsmithandme]

Thank you Rev. Billy.

[chees4ever]

?????

[tonethebone11]

this so called "rev" is an idiot, and i really hope he ends up in hell....that where his jail sell is...hes so dumb and stupid..im glad he got arrested...maybe "bubba" can give him a taste of what "hell" is like...

[welshgirlonline]

"His jail SELL"?? Haha, who's dumb and stupid?!?!

[tonethebone11]

Why dont you just shut the hell up.....i fucking HATE people like you...here shove this up your ass you fucking cunt :D

[welshgirlonline]

Ha ha! You're SOOOO angry!

[tonethebone11]

yeah...it happens.....

[welshgirlonline]

Ha ha! You're SOOOO angry!

[munkyfetal]

"Support the coffee farmers around the world!"

Ok , so they don't get enough of the profit.

But Starbucks buys VAST quantities of their coffee, they are a lot better off because of starbucks.

I respect these people for trying to do good, and there are some things wrong with starbucks, but they have a deluded sense of reality

[FrankeeFraud]

Something tells me these so-called "actors" will be working at Starbucks the rest of their lives. They better not piss off the hand that feeds them. Losers.

[terryprideaux]

i dont work for best buy, my friend does. As soon as he can get the tape, we will convert it and post it.

[terryprideaux]

I saw Rev Billy buying a flat screen tv from best buy on 6th ave. Way to save your money Rev Billy!

[punklover99]

any proof?

[terryprideaux]

I was visiting my best friend that works there, and if you would like to see the security tape, i can see if i can arrange it.

[punklover99]

post it then

[CAinfowarrior]

church of stop shopping?? lol we need free markets, we need jobs for cash. these people and there cause is a joke!!! shit protest for workers rights or that starbucks supports genocide in palestine or simply paying 4.50 for a coffee....

[sliqer]

This is like watching one of those 18th century village people who could influence a lot of other people and make them burn the houses of the witches/vampires etc. The police fixed him.

[helenw100]

Rev Billy should pay onto ceasar what belongs to ceasar. Pay for your Latte and GET OVER IT!! And get some more peroxide and get a job!

[edesaute]

Reverend Billy has a job--saving our collective soul from corporate homogeneity.

[decmasta]

@edesaute corporations actually really like heterogeneity :)

[mrbrunelle]

Boycott -- Starbucks -- Boycott -- Starbucks (now say it with me). BOYCOTT -- STARBUCKS!!!

[chestergringles]

"go back to long island, asshole!" lollllllllllll

[Snooperzan]

I think these problems would all take care of themselves if we were allowed a free market economy. If people were only allowed to spend money they have already earned they may be more careful with their purchases and evaluate their spending habits at places like Starbucks and Books-A-Million. We're about to see the economy collapse. I wish the government would just let it fall on its rear-end and pick itself up, but I'm afraid that it not going to happen.

[orcastom]

You're kidding, right? End stage free market economy is very similar to the end stage of Monopoly...as history will show you....our history. It was not until the government intervened that fair competition was restored for a time. When anti-trust legislation that protected competition was abolished by Reagan, the unwinding of a balanced and free market was upset very soon. Now the wealthiest corporations actually write many of these laws, & that is the beginning of the end of market freedom.

[orcastom]

...and I don't really care about Starbucks either way. I just think it is a really bad idea to allow all competition to be crushed in the name of "free market"..At&T and Standard Oil Trust were very real monsters that needed dismantling to protect our economic freedom. The monster corps of today dwarf them...how can 5 own all the airwaves; how can 3 own 99% of all banksI don't say eat the rich;I do say do not let them decide what they will do with your trillions. It's yours.

[egabs]

this guy and his clowns are weirdos. what is the purpose of stop shopping? Boycott starbucks? For what reason? Maybe resurect communism or socialism?

[quinnsans]

Seriously Why the hell would you need Starbucks in this neighbourhood? Theres a MudTruck right next to the 6 train entrance, Purto Rico coffee, Ninth Street Espresso, etc. Have you ever tried Stumptown? Not only is it smooth & rich, they personally visit the farms & purchase coffee at a higher price in order to get better coffee. How about 20$ a pound for COEs. Plus you stupid Starbucks dipshits, a Frappucino isnt really coffee. Its fucking whip cream. (& a lot of calories).

[quinnsans]

NoNoNo Dont close the Starbucks. I need to piss a lot after I drink coffee from the Mud Truck across the street in between the two starbucks in Astor Place.

[korva77]

Hallelujah Brother Billy!

[nthought]

Fight back people! We have the right to privately OPPOSE Starbucks and consumer culture. By protesting and spreading the word, we can defeat vulgar consumer culture. Know your rights! go Reverend Billy!

[Leonesaurus130]

I may not agree with everything he says, but I don't think he should have been arrested.

[FansFiltration]

Starbucks to close 600 outlets!

[needlove1982]

i think this great. Chain stores like Starbucks are ruining the character of New York.

[sergiogk]

Praise Rev Billy

[MrN420]

Starbucks is a fair trade coffee company. This is stupid.

[omgitslyle]

thank you! people think that just because something is a chain store, that it's bad. starbucks makes good coffee, doesn't outsource, and pays their employees fine.

[kahapudlo]

bollocks. it's not.

[cheeseleaflove]

changeallujah what the heck. Smart thats agianst the bible as blasthmine( i so spelled that wrong)

[kahapudlo]

open your eyes. starbucks is the company that preys upon ppl's misery. it is NOT a fairtrade company and although in some places they might sell u fairtrade coffee- if u request that, they generally built their empire on the sweat of the people who cant send their children to school because companies like starbucks dont give a shizzle about paying them fairly...reverend billy's got his specific style that's true, but the message is all the same- care about the poor and the vulnerable.

[cheeseleaflove]

what kind of nutty cult is this stop drinking strabucks i am sorry for him doing this as a babtized beliver saying this to who ever reads . Starbucks wont send you to hell. No where in the bible does it say thou shall not drink starbucks.

[DragonFlyRevolver]

no caribou coffee is the devil, starbucks is god.

[emcitymisfit]

anti capitalist idiots.

[gamdogs]

I guess you dont believe in American or the freedom of speech...

[emcitymisfit]

never said they couldn't speak, just said they were morons.

[jamesconga]

then ur a conservative

[emcitymisfit]

there's no such thing as a capitalist liberal? maybe im just not a communist douche. starbucks is one of the most progressive corporations around today. do you know what they do for the farmers, for the baristas, for the communities?

[KafkaCrow]

Morons for what? Starbucks is not a "progressive" corporation. Look at the other videos on YouTube. Starbucks arrests union leaders and pays their employees squat.

[KafkaCrow]

"sorry, that should read, "fires union activists"

[Baadduck]

If you look at the last 5 seconds of the video you will see that this was produced by Indy Media, the same company that is headed up by, and working for the IWW "Starbucks Union". So I highly doubt that this was just a fun prank. They are running out of steam with all of the lies that they spell, so they tried a different spin. I am a firm believer that if you have to use bullish tactics to make a point; and disrupting business anywhere is a bullish tactic, then your point must not be valid.

[barfinpuppy]

His point makes great sense--Starbucks enslaves people by buying stuff from them. He wants Starbucks to give more money to the genocial miliary dictatorship in Ehiopia.

The best part of the video is the guy yelling "Go back to Long Island, You Asshole!"

[eclose84]

"Starbucks is the devil!" Hahaha... so I guess I do the devils work then

[CityKid206]

Me too. lol

[rickmerceristhebest]

wow seriously what a crock it just proves jehovahs wittneses are the true religion

[yes90125]

Starbucks could of not have hoped for better advertising.Surely everyone realises that this only makes the company more popular! At the end of the day they make a fukn good coffee!

[budapest7]

Starbucks, Macdonalds, Marlboro, Nike all companies pushing their crap down our throats and the world would and could do without! USA Sadly your average citizen doesn't have a clue about the rest of the world or give a damn! The Rev at least does something even if he has ulterior motives...

[p5hafa2]

we, the public, don't like those people, because they destroy the our attempt to keep up appearances. that's what it's all about. starbucks and walmart can exploit as many people as they want to..as long as they don't confront us with it. that's why the actions of those people annoy us so much. we can bear our corrupt elites but we cannot bear some loud people disturbing the peace.

[budapest7]

Sure Bro! Like don't rock the boat for those of us who have it good living on the backs of others..!

[Xproletariatx]

Disturbing what peace????? Starbucks is not a place of peace. NYC is not a place of peace. Peace exists no where on the earths surface right now. So that whole "disturbing the peace" bullshit that cops say in order to get activists arrested doesnt hold up. The corrupt elites do illegal disturbing shit all the time, and you mean to tell me youre gonna focus and vilify a small protest in a starbucks in NYC???

[turncaster]

lol

[THUGNERD81]

looks fun

[JAYDECAYdotcom]

bastard pigs

[takotheoktopus]

Sing it brother!

[jasonliberty]

genius.

[dropbackadam]

I'd never think id like police arresting people but this is not police bruitality its just him disturbing the public, u cant go singing exorcising people and telling htem not to drink coffe, that is illegal dont let nyc go to shit.

[P0ttedMeat]

You don't understand...they are the ones trying to keep NYC from going to shit.

[dropbackadam]

Why is nyc going to "shit" i havent heard anything about it in the news so its apparently not doing that bad.

[P0ttedMeat]

"i havent heard anything about it in the news"

Is there really anything else to say? lol

[krattax]

it does not surprise me, people are brinwashed

[JAYFROMHARLEM]

Where do you? NYC is going to shit and the NYPD is the reason. Sean Bell 50 shots ever heard of this?

[MayaMeows]

NYC is starting to look like Las Vegas and southern California more and more everyday. It makes me so sad that the greatest city in the world is starting to lose exactly what is makes it a unique place, that goes for every other city in the US too. It scares me that so many people buy into these novelties and feel like they need to make these faceless assholes a part of their everyday lives.

[ellehcim13]

We are being lost to the HUGE corporations! McDonalds, Starbucks, Wal-mart, etc. they are sucking the life out of us. Our libeties are being taken away hourly piece by piece. It is time to wake up out of your MTV/American Idol daydream, these things are evil, you are being blinded by the darkness that is blanketing America! These people are standing up FOR YOU, because you are scared to!

Peace and Love to you, there is no hatred here, just sorrow and many tears!

[digx]

He should be in jail much longer...

[eskimoranger]

So all those pink coats, they cost money no? Rev. Billy is dressed awfully nice don't you think? Hell, even that cone he screams into costs money. But I guess you can be a consumer whore if your intention is to stop consumer whores?

[bleedingout86]

I've heard of people posing emo, prep, rocker, everything I thought... but a guy posing as a preacher just to constantly get arrested and try to cause a ruckus and having followers that seriously remind me of a Manson Family type thing...

[1moreastronaut]

It's cute that you don't get it.

You should listen to the first words spoken in this video.

[goatman311]

Billy needs a life

[toptop90]

i'd prefer the funny wine over that nasty starbucks coffee anyday.its nasty mud water

[panther9mm]

starbucks is a monopoly

[yogatori]

we wear THE GREEN APRON...why is the Rev Willies peeps wearing red??? hummm, devil? bad negative messages...yeah, that's what jesus would encourage. why don't you and your crew doing something to help mankind...like a walk to help put running water in villages that don't have clean water? STARBUCKS EMBRACES DIVERSITY AS WELL AS CONTRIBUTES POSITIVELY TO COMMUNITIES AND OUR ENVIRONMENT. I'll say a prayer for you billy...you need it!

[popealice]

Changalujah! Reverend Billy hold a mirror to all corporate greed on your pilgrimage. No stars in Starbucks coffee. Change is a'coming. Love Pope Alice/Papa Alicia

[caleab27]

Changalujah! Billionaire CEO and impoverished employees. Starbucks CEO makes a 1000 times more than an employee that works in one of his stores. Something is wrong here folks! Thanks Billy for sticking up for the little people.

[yogatori]

read "POUR YOUR HEART INTO IT" by Howard Schultz. you need a clue.

[travytravy123]

i love starbucksz!!!!!!!!!!!

[TrystanCJ]

Starbucks sucks. Not only do they rip off their workers and farmers in 3rd world nations, but they're coffe tastes like shit too, and it is WAY overpriced. And the people who go there are just a bunch of wanna-be Bohemian trendies fucktards.

[eradicateblacks]

I notice that the people defending starbucks are only 15 comments long out of 1700 views. I'm going to find a way to help this movement because there is something to be learned here. It has nothing to do with "GOOD COFFEE". It has everything to do with us thinking about ourselves, and for ourselves.

[barfinpuppy]

The guy yelling GO BACK TO LONG ISLAND YOU ASSHOLE is the definite star of this video.

He hates Starbucks for buying things from poor people..and how else are they going to get money?

Starbucks paid Ethiopian farmers $1.38 a pound in 2006 and FAIR Trade paid $1.41. That is worth yelling about. What an outrage!

[johninves]

Starbucks coffee is lousy but those that have never had a good cup of coffee will argue otherwise.

[onecircle1]

This guy gets a high out of making a scene, I wonder what keeps him from going off on someone. He's got huge balls. I think his cause would be better served if he left God and the Devil out of it.

[buddahkillah]

Good job getting arrested. You did nothing.

[PQStudios]

there is a giant Kmart like 2 feet from that sbux...surely they are a bigger "non fair trade company"? and also "this town is not a supermall?" new york city hasnt been a "town" in a very long time if ever.

[00dacousin]

They don't seem to be taking it seriously they hate starbucks because its a big comapny they can pick on based on very shaky evidence they have no knowledge of business and basic economics, they don't stop to consider the whole situation they just care about enjoying themselves which is the main reason they are doing this.

[zenexpat]

Changeluyah! Changeluya! NYPD work for Starbucks! He has a legitimate complaint. Rev Billy has never been the same since the day he drank a Venti-Americano with his Ritalin and Prozac dosage.

[druggedparadox]

Its true, we DO own the police. Also your internet provider. So watch what you look up. Or we will know...*evil laugh*

[flmls]

It never ceases to amaze me how people can ignore their bad business policies as well as it's contribution in homogenizing New York City into a mall.

[robineublind]

Starbuck$ is proud to pay upwards of 3 cents out of a $3 Sidamo Latte to Ethiopian coffee farmers. Why to let Ethiopians farmers trademark their own beans, is totally uncorporate.

[splintermathwood]

I like the guy iin the backround who keeps yelling "Go back to Long Island you Asshole!"

[AJP402]

I LOVE STARBUCKS!!! I drink it everyday, it's delicious! hahahah LUNATICS - oh man, great. Great entertainment, thank you for doing this. Protest Subway next please, they don't put enough cold cuts in their sandwiches!

[TrystanCJ]

You only drink it because you think it makes you cool. But corporate cocksucking is NOT cool!