NEW YORK (AP) - A New York City cab driver who wore a swastika armband while on the job has been told to park it for 30 days.
New York City’s Taxi and Limousine Commission suspended the 27-year-old Gabriel Diaz operator’s license Friday after a Jewish group and others complained.
Diaz told the New York Daily News (https://nydn.us/1nST2uw) he believes in the “ideology of National Socialism” and will continue to show off the Nazi symbol when he’s not at work.
Diaz told the newspaper: “If a Muslim can drive a cab wearing a turban, if a homosexual can walk around with a big rainbow flag, why can’t a person like me wear a Nazi armband?”
The Anti-Defamation League called Diaz’s armband a “frightening and offensive” message and commended the city for taking quick action.
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Information from: Daily News, https://www.nydailynews.com
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