Inked Mag Staff
March 22nd, 2017
Veteran is Denied Entry into a Bar Because of his Neck Tattoo
Being discriminated for a job because of your tattoos isn’t anything new, but a paying customer being turned away from an establishment – a bar of all places – because…
Being discriminated for a job because of your tattoos isn’t anything new, but a paying customer being turned away from an establishment – a bar of all places – because of your ink is definitely new territory.
U.S. Marine veteran Brandon Andrus was recently denied entry into Dierks Bentley’s Whiskey Row bar and restaurant in Gilbert, Arizona, because of a tattoo he proudly wears on his neck, which was allegedly interpreted by the bar’s staff as a gang tattoo.
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