Muzzyshits have no sense of humor. On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 7:37 AM, plainolamerican <[email protected]> wrote:
> The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said Tuesday a license plate > that read “FMUSLMS” should never have been issued and the plates would be > revoked immediately. > > According to Fox 9, a Snapchat photo of the license plate was shared over > the weekend on the Facebook page of Somali community activist Haji Yusuf. > Yusuf told Fox 9 the photo was taken by a St. Cloud high school student. > Fox 9 confirmed the plates were ordered by a man from Foley, northeast of > St. Cloud. > > Yusuf is a member of Unite Cloud, an advocacy group that seeks to > eliminate discrimination against Muslims and other groups. > > > The Department of Public Safety said the license plates were issued in > June 2015 and the custom license plate application was processed in Foley > and reviewed by the state’s Driver and Vehicle Services. > > “This personalized license plate should never have been issued; it is > offensive and distasteful,” DPS said in a statement. “We are in the > process of revoking and taking possession of the plates today. The > Department of Public Safety apologizes for this error. The Driver and > Vehicle Services Division is reviewing its process for approving > personalized license plates today and will immediately provide additional > review and oversight of applications.” > > Gov. Mark Dayton expressed his displeasure that the plates were allowed. > > “I am appalled that this license plate was issued by the State of > Minnesota,” he said in a statement. “It is offensive, and the person who > requested it should be ashamed. That prejudice has no place in Minnesota. > > “I have instructed the Commissioner of Public Safety to retrieve this > plate as soon as possible and re-review agency procedures to ensure it does > not occur again,” he added. > > -- > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > > * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "PoliticalForum" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "PoliticalForum" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
