Posted on 07/06/2019 9:36:37 AM PDT by Olog-hai
A group of Arizona police officers were asked to leave a Starbucks coffee shop on July 4 after a customer complained to staff that she “didn’t feel safe” with them being there, reports say.
Five cops from the Tempe Police Department were drinking at a branch of the coffee chain in the city when they were approached by a barista and told that a customer had made a complaint about their presence.
The worker is said to have told them to either move out of the complaining customer’s line of sight or leave the premises entirely, the Tempe Officers Association claimed in a series of tweets.
President of the union, Rob Ferraro, believes the treatment the officers were subjected to is an unfortunate sign of the times.
“It’s become accepted to not trust or to see police and think that we’re not here to serve you,” Ferraro told FOX 10. …
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If you don’t feel safe with the armed police, just wait until the armed criminals show up.
Hard to believe this happened in Arizona.
Criminal never feel safe around cops.
Besides the homeless hanging out in the bathrooms and the crappy coffee...........just one more reason to avoid Starbucks
Who feels unsafe around police? That’s right, CRIMINALS!
Cops having a cup of coffee and a burger are not there to threaten anyone.
They're just frikkin' hungry .... LIKE YOU !
I'd'a told the complaining customer they wouldn't have to put up with this crap again .... they were barred from my store.
Arizona has become Californicated.
Odd, when I see our finest in line ahead of me, I pick up their bill.
We have the greatest force in the world up here.
Tough, strong and keep the criminal element out.
Never seen them pull anyone over within a mile radius of the post.
They don’t sit at the bottom of hills, like so many others just to jack revenue.
Love the thin blue line around these parts!
By contrast, our local Dunkin Donuts gives our cops free coffee.
One of my first jobs was with a convenience store and we were told the cops were entitled to free coffee, pastries and whatever else they wanted because police hanging out were considered theft deterence. I would have told the customer that, if it would help, I would be glad to poke that customer’s eye out so he didn’t have to look at the mean police people but they are doing us a service being in the store.
Not hard to believe it happened in Tempe. University towns across the nation tend to be full of indoctrinated scumbags.
Hard to believe this happened in Arizona anywhere in America.
“Asked to Leave”?
If I’m a cop, I’d fvcking laugh in their face. What are you gonna do if I refuse?
Call the cops? LOL
F THESE PEOPLE. And I’m no bootlicker, I really don’t have a lot of use for the cops. My interactions have largely revolved around “Sign here, this is not an admission of guilt” kind of thing, but I know they have a thankless job.
Ding, ding, ding - we have a thread winnah!
Hypothetically speaking, it would have been interesting if the barista had told snowflake customer to dial 911 on the police and the police that snowflake was complaining about responded to her 911 call.
Yup
So the barista asks the cops to leave; Cops not welome.
Who dey gonna call when they have a problem????
What's the flunky gonna do? Call a cop?
Somebody who noticed what was going on should have loudly stated that the complainer was likely setting the place up to be robbed.
Probably some Californicators.
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