NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) – The New Orleans music venue Ohm Lounge expressed “regret” after allowing a performer into its club and onto its stage Saturday night (May 3) wearing a shirt emblazoned with a large swastika on the back.
“We regret that this occurred within our space and are taking immediate action to ensure it does not happen again,” Ohm Lounge ownership and management said Sunday in an Instagram post. The nightclub promised an updated code of conduct, revised performance guidelines and additional training for staff “to better recognize and address attire or imagery that could be perceived as threatening, hostile or divisive — regardless of intent.”
The nightclub did not elaborate on what it might consider acceptable intent of displaying a swastika, seen for more than 80 years as the most identifiable symbol of Nazi Germany…