Ethiopian Man Kicked Out of US Mall for Wearing a ‘Jesus Saves’ T-shirt

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A man ordered to remove his ‘Jesus Saves’ T-shirt or leave a shopping mall has said he would rather “go to jail or die” than take it off. 

During a lengthy and rambling hour long video posted to YouTube yesterday, Paul Shoro, was still wearing the same fluorescent shirt a security guard at the Mall of America in Minneapolis, Minnesota told him to either take off or leave the premises. 

Shoro, who hails from Ethiopia, defended his actions, explaining his presence in the U.S. as a request from God.

He claimed he was at the mall to hand out gospel tracks – sheets of paper on which portions of scripture are written.

In the video, a security guard at the nation’s largest shopping mall could be heard telling the Shoro, “If you want to shop here you need to take off that shirt”. 

Another clip shows the same guard saying, “Jesus is associated with religion and it is offending people. People have been offended.”

During a YouTube interview, Shoro said, “He told me what to do. Go into the street and preach the Gospel. I ordered t-shirts. Everything I have is Jesus, man. Hallelujah! 

“The Lord delivered me from the darkness. He anointed me and finally by the time I was in Washington D.C. he said ‘Hey son, I need you to go to Minnesota.’

“I started going to Mall of America and met tens of thousands of people but they stopped me preaching the gospel.”

Shoro says he was asked by a security guard to remove his shirt but he refused. 

“When I was asked to take it off I said I would rather go to jail or die than take off my shirt,” he stated.

“Some people think we judge them but we don’t. We go out to preach and help these people. I was so nice to them. I know my purpose. I didn’t go there to fight.”

Shoro said other shoppers were supportive of him, telling the security guard he had freedom of speech and was allowed to wear the shirt under the law.  

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