NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — Community members are calling for a Brooklyn nail salon to close its doors for good after a Friday brawl between workers and customers was caught on video. Video obtained only by CBS2 shows one of the salon’s customers pacing the salon in what the owner says is moments before the first physical contact was made between an employee who was allegedly trying to resolve the issue before things got out of hand. It still remains unclear who touched who first, or how things got so far out of hand. “They were just doing cleaning job at the beginning of that night,” said Summer Chen from the Chinese-American Nail Association. The association has been in touch with the owner of Happy Red Apple Nails, Michael Lin. Lin didn’t wish to speak with CBS2 on camera and has since retained an attorney. Police say the fight broke out Friday after a customer, Christina Thomas, complained about her eyebrow service and refused to pay five dollars for it. Lin says the customer also didn’t want to pay for pedicures she and her grandmother received so the owner called police. That’s when the violent brawl broke out, with footage of the incident since striking a cord with longtime customers. “You can’t beat people with a broom, they were beating them like animals,” said customer Yolanda Gonzalez. Both Thomas and employee HuiYue Zheng face charges of assault and harassment. Assemblywoman Diana Richardson (D-43rd) on Tuesday called on the business to shut down. “We want charges against the young lady, Christina Thomas, dropped,” Richardson said. “She was a victim defending her mother against a gang assault.” The salon says it hopes to reopen, and wants to make peace with the community. “We hope we can still be friends because we have a good relationship with the community for a long time,” said the association’s William Gao. The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office says it’s still investigating the melee, and more charges could be filed in the coming days.<doc-sep>VideoVideo related to watch: brooklyn nail salon workers attack woman in brawl caught on video 2018-08-06T12:38:20-04:00 A brawl at a Brooklyn nail salon caught on video has led to multiple arrests and protests calling for the salon to shut down. A video showing the Friday night incident was posted to Facebook by a customer who watched the melee at New Red Apple Nail in East Flatbush. The video, which you can watch above, shows employees of the nail salon attacking a customer with a broom and throwing liquid at her while she tries to fight them off. Mercy Maduka, who posted the video, wrote on Facebook that the fight began when the customer refused to pay for a botched eyebrow job. Police arrested the customer and one worker after the brawl, according to the New York Post. Huiyue Zheng, 32, was charged with assault and weapon possession, the Post reports. She was released on her own recognizance after a hearing at Brooklyn Criminal Court, according to the Post. Christina Thomas, the 35-year-old customer, was charged with misdemeanor assault and also released on her own recognizance, the Post reports. Surveillance video showed the brawl from another angle: Video shows wild fight break out in Brooklyn nail salonTwo women were arrested after a brawl broke out at a nail salon in Brooklyn. The incident was reported in the 1400 block of Nostrand Avenue on Friday night. A nail salon employee was arrested after she was caught on camera repeatedly attacking a customer with a broom. Video of the attack was posted to… 2018-08-06T21:52:59.000Z Witnesses told PIX 11 that Thomas was attacked with brooms, dust pans and a liquid, allegedly acetone, the main ingredient in nail polish remover. Police have not confirmed those details. On Monday, protesters gathered outside of the nail salon, New Red Apple Nail, at 1426 Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn, calling for the business to be shut down, according to PIX 11. The protesters were holding signs that read “Black $$$ Matters” and were chanting “black dollars matter,” the news station reports. “So because she did not want to pay the $5 for her messed-up eyebrows, they attacked this grandmother and her two granddaughters with sticks, threw acetone on them and then called the police on them,” activist Jasmine Johnson told PIX 11. Maduka, who originally posted the video, wrote on Facebook, “Share this cause the cops decided to arrest the black people but not the Chinese people who ganged up on them.” Maduka also wrote that the employees were, “hitting them like animals.” Police said Zhing was taken to the hospital before being arrested because of visible injuries to her face and body, PIX 11 reports. Thomas refused medical treatment, according to police. “We don’t need to protest, we need to financially castrate this business. They cannot survive and we cannot feed them,” Johnson said at the protest, according to a Facebook video. The Facebook and Yelp pages for New Red Apple Nail have been flooded with angry comments. “This place will never get my money. The nail salon is gross and filthy. The service is below standards and they lack respect for people of color. The worst nail salon ever! I would give them a -1 if I could,” Jude Watson wrote. Shamile Smiley McBroom added, “Video of a grandmother and patrons being hit with brooms does not deserve service. Only recommendation I have is to close it!” BREAKING: right now, 100+ ppl rallying outside Brooklyn nail salon after video goes viral of salon employee beating black woman with broomstick..@ChasingNews @My9NJ @fox5ny pic.twitter.com/PTzPZxxYe5 — Nate Rodgers (@NateWants2Know) August 6, 2018 Jo Khan wrote, “Completely unprofessional and in poor taste. Do not waste your money here. They are violent. I saw these workers beat up a woman, well more like jumped her.” Empress Ak wrote on Facebook, “I am standing with the elder who was thrown acetone in her face while her granddaughter was attacked. The young lady paid for her feet/nails but refused to pay for her eyebrows because she was unsatisfied. Instead of making a compromise or including a 3rd party (police) to mediate they attacked them. We need to start supporting our own & run them out of our communities!” Scene outside the New Red Apple Nail Salon on 1426 #Nostrand Avenue. Community calling for additional arrests, and a new chant—“no nails no toes” after employees got into a physical argument with customers over a five dollar eyebrow wax. pic.twitter.com/7t2qsY5LYZ — Sabrina Franza (@sabrinafranza) August 6, 2018 About 100 protesters were outside of the nail salon on Monday, NBC New York reports.<doc-sep>Thomas said she has been coming to the salon since she was 9 years old and that it was a new employee who took too much off her right eyebrow Thomas said she and her grandmother are friendly with Zheng’s husband Michael Lin and tried to reason with him before things got out of hand.<doc-sep>
EMBED >More News Videos Lauren Glassberg reports on the melee at a Brooklyn nail salon. EAST FLATBUSH, Brooklyn (WABC) -- Two women were arrested after a brawl broke out at a nail salon in Brooklyn.The incident was reported in the 1400 block of Nostrand Avenue on Friday night.A nail salon employee was arrested after she was caught on camera repeatedly attacking a customer with a broom.Video of the attack was posted to social media and prompted protests outside the salon on Monday.Manager Michael Lin said it all started when he waived the $5 charge for an eyebrow wax after the customers weren't happy with the results. He said he still wanted to be paid for the pedicures given to long-time customers Christina Moses and her grandmother.However, the customers said they already paid for the pedicures. When Lin called police, the salon workers tried to keep the customers inside the salon.Another woman can be seen on camera intervening before a melee ensued.Police say Huiyue Zheng, 32, was arrested on charges of criminal assault while possession a weapon, assault causing injury, menacing and harassment.Moses, 21, was also arrested on charges of assault causing physical injury, menacing and harassment.The salon was open for business on Monday but sat empty. Protesters said they hope the salon will be shut down. "I'm expecting justice, but most of all I'm expecting black people to learn that when these business don't respect you, you don't spend your money with them," Tionna Smalls said.It is unclear if the salon will reopen Tuesday.----------