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Ottamanelli & Sons Meat Market
285 Bleecker St, New York, NY 10014
(212) 675-4217
Source on New York Daily News last updated April 6th, 2017
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This is Joe Ottomanelli:
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He gave his deliveryman that thing and then said, “If you ever have any stress, just put it around your neck and pull it. I could even help you with it,”
“We were just fooling around,” Ottomanelli, 58, told The News.
“Ottomanelli said he never thought that what he considered a joke would be taken as a racial attack.”
As Victor Sheppard, the deliveryman, said: “This is a man who’s 58-plus. He really thinks handing a noose to a black man is sending a playful message?”