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gopiscrap

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29. cops being cops are never minding their own fucking business

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Sun Jul 7, 2019, 01:00 AM

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Starbucks barista asks police officers to leave because customer 'did not feel safe,' union claims [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2019 OP

I agree with Mickey Rourke on this subject: ret5hd Jul 2019 #1

I wonder who this customer would call if stuff went down in his personal life OnlinePoker Jul 2019 #2

Yeah, if they were just sitting there having coffee before their shift, Blue_true Jul 2019 #6

It's a sad state of affairs, but perfectly understandable given the current climate. jcmaine72 Jul 2019 #3

It's slippery slope for a business to ask people who don't do anything wrong to leave, LisaL Jul 2019 #5

I agree. It is no more right to do that to police officers than it is to do it to a Black person, Blue_true Jul 2019 #7

cops being cops are never minding their own fucking business gopiscrap Jul 2019 #29

Agreed. I don't necessarily agree with what happened. However... jcmaine72 Jul 2019 #8

We don't even know what happened. Mariana Jul 2019 #40

If openly-armed cops sit down and eat where I'm eating, I get up and leave. Iggo Jul 2019 #4

I have eaten near police officers that were on duty and having lunch. Blue_true Jul 2019 #9

It's not the minding of business. It's the guns. Iggo Jul 2019 #11

Seeing a hostered gun initially draws my attention. Blue_true Jul 2019 #14

It's the gun. I don't care who owns it. Iggo Jul 2019 #15

I see. nt Blue_true Jul 2019 #18

+1000. nt ecstatic Jul 2019 #19

There used to be a burger joint near me Retrograde Jul 2019 #24

if I was there first I would gopiscrap Jul 2019 #30

I'd leave with openly-armed people around but not cops onetexan Jul 2019 #41

ACAB. In addition, it's important to note that the Tempe Officers Association is not affiliated with WhiskeyGrinder Jul 2019 #10

Might not have been to bright ripcord Jul 2019 #12

That would assume that cops respond slower for people they don't like. Iggo Jul 2019 #13

Why would they show up at all? ripcord Jul 2019 #16

If they didn't show up when called, that would make them the worst kind of scum. Iggo Jul 2019 #17

Your argument is not helping ecstatic Jul 2019 #20

It's worse than that. Mariana Jul 2019 #22

yup gopiscrap Jul 2019 #31

It wasn't "Starbucks", it was one employee. Mariana Jul 2019 #21

Starbucks didn't throw them out Major Nikon Jul 2019 #33

I suppose if the cops are basically a protection racket, then yes they would Major Nikon Jul 2019 #38

If the person didn't feel safe then they should of left. Cops have a right to get food and drink UniteFightBack Jul 2019 #23

Fuck 'em. If cops don't like feeling ostracized by society, they can stop murdering innocent Aristus Jul 2019 #25

True, Doctor! mr_lebowski Jul 2019 #26

thank you, best response yet!!! gopiscrap Jul 2019 #32

Pretty amazing. I remember a story about police officers, armed of course, maybe five of them, emmaverybo Jul 2019 #27

Can you provide a link sarisataka Jul 2019 #36

Yes I can. Less officers killed than I remember and one officer shot at suspect. emmaverybo Jul 2019 #39

excellent .... fucking cops gopiscrap Jul 2019 #28

I have a feeling there's more to the story Major Nikon Jul 2019 #34

They're really playing up the persecution angle. Mariana Jul 2019 #35

Yep, smells a lot like bullshit Major Nikon Jul 2019 #37

I would like to get JustAnotherGen Jul 2019 #42

I side with the cops on this. Everyman Jackal Jul 2019 #43

Update: Starbucks apologizes after six officers say they were asked to leave a store in Arizona Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jul 2019 #44