Florida man Saul Vargas justifies smashing NYC taxi during Knicks celebration because ‘it was my birthday’

A Florida man irrationally claimed he was celebrating his birthday as justification for destroying an NYC taxi in Manhattan following the Knicks' historic Game 4 comeback in the NBA Finals.
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