The Daily Populous Friday January 10th, 2025 night edition
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An Arizona tattoo artist is defending himself against criticism for giving a young girl a tattoo. According to KPHO, the young girl and her family went to the Black Onyx Empire Tattoo parlor in Yuma so their nine-year-old daughter could get a tattoo.

She wanted a tattoo of Donald Trump on her neck, but Sosa, a part owner of the tattoo shop, convinced her to get an American flag on her arm instead.

Sosa shared a video of the inking process on social media and received backlash for giving her a tattoo. In Arizona, it is legal for underage children to get tattoos as long as their parents approve and are present during the session.

Despite the law, many people criticized Sosa and said he should have refused to give the young girl a tattoo.

"I'm getting a lot of hate from it. My employees are getting hate from it. My business, I'm getting so many bad reviews on Google," Sosa noted.

However, he pushed back against the critics, telling the news outlet that the family is from Turkey and tattoos are part of a family tradition.

"Being an artist and businessman, you also have to know the cultures they come from," Sosa explained.

"They were just very grateful to be here in the United States. They were just being grateful. They said they saw Donald Trump as a hero," he added.

ColumbusMark on January 9th, 2025 at 14:41 UTC »

It should just plain ol’ be illegal to tattoo minors — even with parental consent. And this case shows why.

gynoceros on January 9th, 2025 at 14:27 UTC »

If this is the same story I didn't bother to read the first time either, it was a compromise made with the parents, who wanted her to have a fucking maga tattoo.

Tina_doxy on January 9th, 2025 at 14:23 UTC »

Unethical, contorversial and shocking!