LARGO, Fla., June 26 (Oh Yippee) — Revival Tattoo Collective in Largo said it would turn away active-duty military members and veterans, a move that put the Florida tattoo shop at the center of a backlash over a post that called the military “a bunch of war criminals.”
In a June 23 post, the shop said, “My opinion is that the military is a bunch of war criminals and law enforcement kills babies and unarmed citizens in the street.” The post added, “If you don’t like my opinion cool, but you’re not going to change it.”
The same post said, “Once again for the slow ones the military. Pretty simple if you are ex military or currently serving just don’t come to the shop. You will be turned away.”
A spokesperson for the shop told Fox News Digital, “Yeah I’m booked up I can’t take any clients military or civilian. Thanks for your interest on my opinion.”
Fox News identified the shop’s founder as Brady Martinson and quoted the business website as describing him as “a tattooist and sign painter — script, blackletter, and custom typography on skin. He treats every word as architecture: measured, weighted, and built to live a lifetime.”
The shop’s post singled out service members, veterans and law enforcement as unwelcome customers, but the available material does not show any formal action by regulators, city officials or veterans groups.
Revival Tattoo Collective is based in Largo, Florida.
