Post about man in Nazi t-shirt at Crossgates goes viral [View all]

ALBANY -- The incident was jarring for those who saw it in person, but it didn't even register a blip in the Capital Region at large Friday:

An unidentified man wearing a T-shirt with the Nazi swastika was seen walking in downtown Albany and inside Crossgates Mall.

But after the owner of Jay St. Video Games in the mall posted a message on Facebook saying he refused to sell a book to the man and ordered him out of the store, the topic exploded on social media platforms, generating thousands of comments on Reddit, and hundreds of retweets on Twitter.

Pictures of the man surfaced. The onslaught of comments was on. Thousands offered either salty language of praise about the man's ejection from the store, or debated what kind of protections are in place even for those who display hateful symbols.

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A photo taken by a patron at Crossgates Mall Friday, July 20, 2018 shows an unidentified man wearing a shirt that looks like the Nazi flag. (Provided)