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'No sir, we don't tattoo swastikas on people's foreheads'

Man arrested after reportedly threatening a tattoo shop employee who refused the odd request
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A Guelph man has been arrested after threatening a tattoo shop employee for refusing to do a racist tattoo.

On Sept. 5, a staff member of a local business reported she was outside the shop when a male approached and asked if she would tattoo a swastika on his forehead. She refused and advised nobody else working at the shop would be comfortable with such a request. The man uttered a threat before walking away.

On Thursday morning officers located the man downtown and arrested him. A 63-year-old Guelph man is charged with uttering threats.