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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Holding my breath in anticipation of the headline “Five patrons thrown out of Starbucks because police officer felt unsafe eating there.”
See how safe they feel when an armed thug comes in and demands more than a latté. I bet a weeks pay they’d be calling the same cops they evicted to help them out. And the cops would be right to say they don’t feel safe going into an armed robbery in progress.
They work 12 hour shifts with a 15 minute lunch break if they’re lucky.
Very nice. Thanks for sharing...
They’ve chosen their preferred customer base, and it’s low IQ.
Proper response is, “Sure we’ll go - give us our money back....and hope no actual bad guys ever stop in....”
If you don’t feel safe around cops you probably are a criminal or someone in your family is.
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