Las Vegas union suspends protests after insult-laden video emerges

Published October 22, 2013 4:00am ET



A Las Vegas union briefly suspended protests against the Cosmopolitan resort and casino after a video displayed activists repeatedly insulted tourists entering the hotel, calling them “losers, “fat” and “retards,” among other epithets.

The video showed an Oct. 12 protest organized Culinary Local 226 in front of the building. As tourists ignore the protesters and enter, two people with megaphones hurl insults at them. On multiple occasions in the video, a tourist was called a “beached whale” or a “fat pig.” The activists also berated people for bringing their kids along, calling them “deadbeat dads,” “pieces of trash” and “bad parents.” Another tourist reported that his wife was called “bitch.”

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