4 people were arrested at a New York City Applebee's during a protest of the city's vaccine mandate, which requires proof of vaccination to dine in

• Four people protesting at a New York City Applebee's outlet over its vaccine mandate were arrested Wednesday night.
• The Applebee's is in the same Queens mall where six anti-vaxxers were arrested Tuesday for criminal trespass at a Cheesecake Factory.

Four people protesting New York City's COVID-19 vaccine restaurant mandate were arrested at an Applebee's in Queens, according to police.

Independent photographer Leeroy Johnson captured the arrests on video while following the group around the city on Wednesday night. In one of Johnson's videos, multiple members of the NYPD could be seen restraining several protesters while a group of people still gathered in the Applebee's chanted "no more mandates."

Other videos posted by Johnson on Wednesday showed a group of anti-mandate protesters crowding around the NYPD after the Applebee's arrests, chanting: "Shame on you."

An NYPD spokesman told Insider that four people were taken into custody following the protests.

Applebee's did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Insider.

The Applebee's protest came a day after six people were arrested at a Cheesecake Factory located in the same mall as the Applebee's on Tuesday night. The group was asked to show proof of vaccination as required by New York's vaccine mandate rules, but refused.

Johnson told Insider that the group of anti-vaccine protesters visited several dining establishments at the Queens Center Mall on Wednesday. They staged a small protest outside the Queen's Center Mall Cheesecake Factory, where the six were arrested the previous night, before ending up at the Applebee's.

Videos circulating on Twitter showed what appeared to be a similar group of protesters gathering at a Shake Shack at the same mall, refusing to show their vaccination cards and swarming the dine-in section.

According to a flyer circulating on Twitter, the group intended to protest at the Cheesecake Factory location and police precinct on Wednesday night, though it is unclear if they made it to the police outpost in Queens.

New York City currently requires people to show proof of vaccination against COVID-19 in order to patronize dining establishments, gyms, and other indoor businesses. The enforcement of mask mandates and the checking of vaccine cards, however, has largely been left to the discretion of retail and hospitality workers.