‘Get Him Off, Get Him Off!’: Texas Man Removed from Spirit Airlines Flight Over ‘Anti-Hate’ Hoodie,’ Viral Video Shows

A San Antonio man returning home Monday from Los Angeles was kicked off a Spirit Airlines flight after refusing to remove a hoodie with an implied curse word printed on the front and back. John Garcia Jr. said he’d worn the hoodie with the “FVCK HATE WORLD TOUR” insignia on several flights before and encountered no trouble. But it was clear from the moment he boarded the plane that this trip would not go as smoothly. John Garcia Jr. was removed from a San Antonio-bound flight over a hoodie. (Photos: Facebook/Andrew Martin Hoel) Before takeoff, according to Garcia, a flight attendant asked if he was in the right seat. She returned and told him he needed to remove his hoodie. “I’m like, are you serious?” Garcia told KHOU-TV in Houston. An argument commenced after he questioned whether his hoodie violated Spirit rules. According to Spirit’s code of conduct, passengers can be forced off a plane if their clothing is deemed lewd, obscene, or offensive in nature. “It’s anti-hate,” Garcia said. “It was just unique to me.” A few minutes later, another airline employee approached him, accompanied by a security guard. He was told if he didn’t take the hoodie off,...