Posted on 08/05/2020 9:52:09 AM PDT by Paal Gulli
Bike Store Cancels Contract With Austin Bike Police After ‘Woke’ Employees Complain
Staffers upset bikes being used for crowd control at BLM protests.
...In a Facebook post, Christopher Carlisle explains how for eight years he maintained a contractual relationship with Mellow Johnny’s Bike store in downtown Austin to provide bikes and other equipment for the Down Town Area Command (DTAC) Bike Patrol and the Bicycle Public Order Team.
Now thanks to the last two months of BLM social justice protests in the aftermath of the death of George Floyd, that relationship is apparently over.
“Today I received a call the sales manager I have worked with for years at MJ’S, he informed me that they have three employees who work for them that are complaining about providing bikes to the police department in this time of social unrest in protest and disturbances,” writes Carlisle.
“They stated to ownership that they did not like the fact that we use bicycles to help us manage crowds and crowd movement.”..
...Carlisle asserts that the store caved in to the woke employees by canceling the contact with Austin police that had four years left to run, “because three employees do not like police officers and did not like us in the store.”
The APD had been purchasing around 50 TREK police bikes a year as part of the agreement, meaning the amount of income the store is sacrificing in order to satiate its leftist staffers is reasonably substantial.... ...
(Excerpt) Read more at summit.news ...
they dropped $50,000 in revenue for woke employees?
Wow
“”””I hope the PD sues them into oblivion for breach of contract.
I was wondering what kind of contract it was if the bike shop is not bound in any way and can just cancel. “””””””””””””””
And if a vendor refuses to do business with me even though I am a legal and legitimate business it seems there would be a great opportunity for a lawsuit there. It sounds like discrimination.
A *true* hybrid bike, then.
I’m a roadie. I like Specialized and Cervelo.
A very lucrative contract canceled at the behest of the business’s own employees? Fire them!
Gee, I sure hope nobody decides to rob the place.
I’d be a real shame if ALL the cops in town are on other calls when that 911 comes in.
Get woke....go broke
Even my French designed/Canadian made bike came with real valves for the tires.
The owner should tell the employees to do their jobs or quit.
In WTH cases like this, I suspect the owners thought the same and used those three as an excuse.
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