No I saw and read the article.
You are missing context. This guy is a known player, who has been removed for proselytizing before, and that is what put him on their radar, not his shirt.
This wasn’t John Q Public walking in, this is someone who has been removed before for breaking rules and already on their radar.
This is the mall of America, you really think with the tens of thousands of visitors they get each day they are just walking around looking for folks wearing Jesus Saves T-shirts and other Christian themed clothing to harass?
This is a guy who’s been kicked out, and I am willing to bet or more than one occasion for breaking their rules.
That is why he was on their radar and why he got confronted, this wasn’t just some John Q Public walk in the door.
Folks falling for that narrative are absolutely no different than the folks who fell for those HS kids harassing that indian activist in DC a few years back.
This guy, has been booted for proselytizing before, he’s a known player, he showed up and they confronted him. DId they handle it right or legally? That’s another discussion, but the narrative that the Mall of America is just out there flagrantly looking for folks in Jesus Saves and Coexist T-Shirts to ban is just nonsense.
Had he not already been a known player, who’s gotten in trouble there before, this almost certainly wouldn’t have happened.
This isn’t some GENERAL DISCRIMINATION example.. that’s sensationalist BS.
Mall of America gets 40 Million visitors per year! Daily it gets more than 100,000 visitors on average, you think in all those visitors, there is a pattern of general anti-christian discrimination going on? And this sole individual, is the one who just happens to have evidence of it? You aren’t engaging your frontal lobe and simply knee jerking.
YOu think with 40,000,000 visitors a year, this is the first guy to wear a jesus saves t-shirt in that place? Be serious. This guy was on their radar because he’s been kicked out for proselytizing there, by his own admission and I am certain its been more than just once.
That’s why he got confronted, not simply because he had a shirt, he’s caused issues before, he’s broken the rules before, and he showed and they know who he is and what he’s done and that is what put him on the radar.
This isn’t hey, john 1 public walked in with a Jesus Saves t-shirt and got harassed.
Yes, the previous incident is why he was on their radar, but that doesn’t change the fact (according to the story and the part of the video that I saw) that he wasn’t aggressively preaching during this visit. Even the cop admits it.
If you’ve been pulled over for speeding in the past that doesn’t give the cops the right to give you another ticket for speeding unless you were speeding again. Recognizing your car is not enough.