Councilman Joe Borelli says he was kicked out of the Staten Island St. Patrickâs Parade because he was wearing a rainbow flag pin on his jacket.
âWhen they saw my half-inch lapel pin, youâd have thought that it was a swastika or that I was kicking kittens along the parade route,â Borelli told WORâs âLen Berman and Michael Riedel in the Morning.â
The councilman said he received the pin from the organizer of a pre-parade breakfast.
âThese people physically got in the way of myself, my stroller.They blocked me and my wife.They called the police as if I was robbing a bank,â Borelli said.