Canadian YouTube star Jus Reign forced to remove turban before boarding flight

JusReign describes ordeal as being like asking someone to remove their underwear in public

A Sikh Canadian YouTube star on Monday said he was forced to remove his turban at San Francisco airport before boarding his flight.

Jasmeet Singh, better known as comedian and YouTube star Jus Reign, said he was made to take off his turban at after the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) called him into a private room for an extra screening.



“So the TSA made me take off my turban in extra screening or they said I wouldn't be able to be let through to catch my flight,” JusResign said on his Twitter account.

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The YouTube star documented his entire ordeal in a series of tweets.

https://twitter.com/JusReign/status/701666444396769281

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https://twitter.com/JusReign/status/701667160561569792

https://twitter.com/JusReign/status/701667508038688768

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Singh alleged that despite being cleared in the private room, he was made to walk across the terminal without his turban when he asked for a mirror to tie it back on again.



"It's an embarrassing and really insensitive ordeal," he said, adding that it was like asking someone to remove their underwear in public.

Singh blamed the general lack of understanding about what the turban is, for his ordeal. He said his situation could've been avoided if the security at the San Francisco's international airport knew more about the Sikh attire.

The incident comes weeks after Sikh Indian-American actor and designer said was barred from boarding an Aeromexico flight from Mexico City to New York for refusing to remove his turban.

The TSA is yet to respond to the incident.