The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is in the process of revoking an anti-Muslim license plate that was issued about 8 months ago, according to KMSP.
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The Minnesota Department of Public Safety says personalized license plates that say “FMUSLMS” should have never been issued and that DPS agents will be revoking the offensive plates immediately. Spokesman Bruce Gordon says the department will look into how it missed the offensive request.
“That prejudice has no place in Minnesota”, Dayton said.
It capped off a weekend of protests from St. Cloud residents dismayed by what they saw as a divisive message directed at the region’s Islamic population.
The person who obtained the license plate has had it since last June.
In a statement Monday, Governor Dayton said he was appalled by the offensive nature of the plate and said the person who requested it should be ashamed.
The department is in the process of retrieving the license plate that reads “FMUSLMS”. His post was recognized and reshared by UniteCloud, the St. Cloud-based anti-racism group that’s trying to help that city improve on its long-troubled relationship with its Somali community. Efforts to reach the man have been unsuccessful.
Personalized plates are available with the standard plate background for Passenger Automobiles and Pick-Up Trucks with up to seven (7) characters (including spaces) total.
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To get a personalized license plate, you must write down on the application what the letters stand for. Plates can not be obscene, immoral, indecent or something that would offend public morals or decency. WCCO asked DPS what the explanation was at the time the plates were requested, but they did not provide that information at press time.
