This is private property and as I understand the people told her to wait there for her order. But of course one must understand that the SS or KGB has the authority to kill you if you do not move when they say so. Good thing she was not shot or run over.
The McDonalds Manager agreed with the police according to the article.
Actually, they told her to move up and wait for her order, standard practice so they can continue filling orders and make more sales.
She wasn’t just blocking the police officer, she was intefering with their ability to conduct business.
They should make her retake the driving test.
BTW - a restaurant is not only private property, it is also a place of public accomodation under the law.
City of Clearwater Municipal Code 21.11(2)
(2) Obstruction of public places. It shall be unlawful for any person after first being warned by a law enforcement officer to willfully obstruct the free, convenient, and normal use of the Pinellas County Trail or of any public or quasipublic sidewalk, curb, bicycle path, walking area, mall or that portion of private property utilized for public use, so as to endanger the safe movement of pedestrians or vehicles thereon; and no person after being warned by a law enforcement officer shall willfully block or obstruct, or willfully prevent the free access to the entrance to any building open to the public.