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Judge Rules On Trump
Supporter Booted From NYC Bar
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Hours Ago Newser — Neal Colgra
A New York bar can
apparently toss out a customer for wearing a "Make America Great
Again" cap
—which Greg Piatek found out the hard way, CNN reports.
The Philadelphia man
says he went to The Happiest Hour bar in the West Village last January and
couldn't get served because of his hat. First a bartender ignored him; then he
was told to take it off; and when he wouldn't, he and his friends were kicked out.
The bar's owner says
Piatek got booted for being "verbally abusive," but Piatek alleges
that the bar manager told him, "I spoke directly to the owner and the
owner told me that anyone who supports Trump or believes what you believe is
not welcome here! And you need to leave right now because we won't serve
you!"
So Piatek filed suit
in Manhattan Supreme Court and said the encounter "offended his sense of
being American," the New
York Postreports.
But when the bar's
lawyer pointed out in Manhattan court Wednesday that only religious beliefs—not
political ones—are protected under city and state law, Piatek lawyer Paul
Liggieri said his client was in New York "paying spiritual tribute"
at the 9/11 Memorial.
"The Make
American Great Again hat was part of his spiritual belief," Liggieri said.
Liggieri eventually conceded that Piatek's spiritual group had only one member,
and the judge dismissed the incident and a "petty" slight.
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