Posted on 03/09/2017 2:15:58 PM PST by Strac6
KENTWOOD, Mich. — American Legion officers say they were told they weren't permitted to wear their affiliated jackets at a Dave & Buster's in Michigan because they showed evidence of gang affiliation.
Victor Murdock and Adrienne Brown of the American Legion Riders Post 179 out of Grandville say they were told they couldn't wear their vests inside the Kentwood restaurant. The vests have patches of the American flag, the Prisoner of War flag and a bald eagle.
The Texas-based company said in a statement that the group was asked to remove the jackets or turn them inside out because the business' dress code prohibits evidence of gang affiliation. Spokeswoman April Spearman said the policy was in place "to ensure that everyone is able to enjoy themselves in a fun and safe environment."
"Though we understand that the American Legion promotes a positive mission, for consistency reasons we cannot allow motorcycle jackets displaying patches or rockers," she said.
Murdock said he doesn't see how the policy would apply to American Legion affiliates.
"I get it," he said. "Everyone has to have a policy to keep the unwanted element out. But an American flag and a bald eagle does not represent a gang element."
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The ACLU begs to differ.
I’d remove myself instead.
And recommend that all members of my organization and their families and friends never enter one again.
So American Legion has gang affiliations?
They’re toast now that it’s news.
Couldn’t happen to a nicer bunch.
Make me would have been my response.
Yeah, they’re a gang. The initiation requires you to pay your yearly dues and make sure you dont fall asleep during lunch hour.
And you can smoke inside!
And Kentwood used to be a sane place. Stupid snowflakes are everywhere
It’s quite the large chain.
There’s one in Syracuse at Destiny, although I’d never heard of it.
So guys in military uniform can’t come in?
Oh look Mommy, a gang of Deplorables!
If people were paying attention, Dave and Busters just lost 100% of their business
It’s for consistency in policy. If they allow those riders to sport their colors, they cannot ask a Hell’s Angel or other MCs to remove theirs.
This is a non story.
Or cops, or firefighters, or a baseball team.
Does the staff wear uniforms? Sounds like a gang.
Idiocracy is in bloom.
They’re even in a gang with guns (and tanks, artillery, etc.). Very scary.
I believe private businesses should be able to set their own dress codes. The American Legion Bikers DO have biker rockers on the back (I’m a member). That said, management should have discerned between 1%er outlaw bikers and these all-American guys and let them slide. Sheesh. Stupid decision.
Well, yes they are and no, you haven't.
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