NORFOLK, Va.– NORFOLK, Va. (AP)– A previous U.S. Navy SEAL who states he shot Osama bin Laden is at the center of a much various battle in Virginia, where prepare for a military-themed brewery are drawing opposition over his supposed racist and homophobic remarks.
Robert J. O’Neill has a little ownership stake in Armed Forces Brewing Company and has actually acted as its brand name ambassador. His current social networks grievance about a Navy sailor who carries out as a drag queen and a cops report declaring he utilized a racial slur are sustaining efforts to stop the brewery from opening in military-friendly Norfolk.
The business, which markets itself with politically conservative advertisements, has actually dismissed claims of bigotry and reduced O’Neill’s public-facing function. Last month, Norfolk’s preparation commission advised the City Council reject licenses for the prepared taproom and circulation center, which would be just a couple of miles (kilometers) from the country’s biggest Navy base.
The nonbinding 4-to-2 vote followed almost 800 public remarks were submitted, much of which opposed the endeavor. The brewery likewise stopped working to get the assistance of the regional neighborhood watch, which serves the mainly Black neighborhood of Park Place.
