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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa. (AP) — Three sisters say they were kicked out of a suburban Philadelphia mall after refusing to remove profanity-laden hats expressing their hatred of breast cancer.
Zakia Clark and Tasha Clark had been at the King of Prussia Mall on Sunday shopping for funeral dresses with a third sister, Makia Underwood. Their mother died last week after battling the disease.
Zakia and Tasha Clark were wearing hats that had a one-word profanity — with a pink ribbon substituting for the third letter — before the word cancer. Zakia Clark says it’s the only word strong enough to defeat the word ‘cancer.’
Security asked them to remove the hats. They were ejected after refusing. Mall manager Robert Hart says he sends condolences to the sisters, but that the mall is a family place where the code of conduct does not tolerate profanity.
“That’s how we feel. It took our mom away. It’s a demon. It’s the devil … There are no other words you can use to explain how you feel. You want cancer to get cancer and die.”'
Originally posted by Jaellma
reply to post by Liquesence
My argument is the hypocrisy of the mall owners in allowing a store like Spencer's to carry all sort of obscene paraphernalia on their PRIVATE property but yet can throw out anyone who doesn't "fit the bill".
I guess that's what I am struggling with but hey, it's their mall and they can do whatever the hell they want to do with it.
“He said, ‘Since you don’t want to take your hat off, you can leave my mall.’ … He stood there while we ate and threatened to call the cops.”
Originally posted by k21968
The story I read is posted below and was on Fox Health News...
here is why I said what i said...fox news link
Zakia told the Philadelphia Daily News that the guard approached them without a greeting and said, “‘Take your hats off.’”
Zakia removed her hat, but Tasha – a former mall employee – asked to see something in writing
Read more: www.foxnews.com...edit on 22-5-2013 by k21968 because: (no reason given)
the guard approached them without a greeting and said, “‘Take your hats off.’”
Security asked them to remove the hats.
Security asked them to remove the hats.