Footage of the incident in Missouri has gone viral on social media, gaining more than 2 million views at the time of writing.

“They told me I could either hide the hat or take it out to my car or leave. I’m not gonna take my hat off for anybody. I live in America, which is the land of the free and the home of the brave, I thought. So you do what you have to do,” he added. If he didn’t agree to leave, he would be taken out “in handcuffs,” per Mediaite.