Coffee Shop owner apologizes for anti-semitic comments on social media, takes down posts

Brooklyn, NY – The owner of a coffee shop has apologized for an Instagram
post where he called Jews “greedy infiltrators”
and said they “function via
greed and dominance.”

 

Michael Avila, owner of The Coffee Shop in BUshwick on Wilson Ave.,
apologized for his posts and has removed all of his social media sites.

 

Avila said he now realizes after speaking with a Jewish friend that
there are better ways to discuss someone buying real estate and dislocating
people from their homes for money, reports DNAinfo
New York
.

 

He offered “deep and sincere apologies” for his comments.

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