{"id":18207,"date":"2014-12-30T17:12:49","date_gmt":"2014-12-30T17:12:49","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2014-12-30T17:12:49","modified_gmt":"2014-12-30T17:12:49","slug":"McDonald-s-manager-beats-Korean-American-man-with-broom","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=18207","title":{"rendered":"McDonald&#8217;s manager beats Korean American man with broom"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The rally marks the second time in a year that Korean community leaders have protested against the franchise.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In January, leaders called for a boycott of another McDonald\u2019s on Northern Boulevard after the restaurant called the police on several older Korean patrons who spent hours there each day and only ordered cups of coffee.<\/p>\n<p><iframe width=\"500\" height=\"332\" src=\"http:\/\/launch.newsinc.com\/?type=VideoPlayer\/Single&#038;widgetId=1&#038;trackingGroup=69016&#038;siteSection=nydailynews-new-york&#038;videoId=28301605\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" noresize marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>A month later, the second incident, in which a 62-year-old man named James Jin Kim was struck by an employee after complaining about the long wait for service. 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