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Showing Original Post only (View all)Starbucks Apologizes After 6 Police Officers Were Asked To Leave An Arizona Store [View all]
Source: HuffPost
Starbucks has issued an apology after six police officers were asked to leave one of the franchises stores in Tempe, Arizona, on July 4 because a customer complained of not feeling safe with them there.
The officers were drinking coffee at the Starbucks before starting their shifts when an employee, who knew one of the officers because he was a regular, asked them to move out of the customers line of sight or leave, according to the Tempe Officers Association.
This treatment of public safety workers could not be more disheartening, the union said. While the barista was polite, making such a request at all was offensive. Unfortunately, such treatment has become all too common in 2019.
Starbucks on Sunday issued an apology to the Tempe Police Department and called the incident completely unacceptable.
Read more: https://www.huffpost.com/entry/police-officers-asked-to-leave-starbucks_n_5d21ec3ae4b0f3125685872b?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAJ8xbHbZ8jGaHWJVX-e3JQC7qzf4sMBknX5dpLXtG5AIxJ3fVSI1tImsQt3k5G-Qk24-MNYPOm65oYN4BDCPsIkufiDgGDJtHa1uERjO6UXB5bu1hVq-FhIl3XrdVlp4fzruOPySPy9LNsTyDtcla7KTDHrWi1ynYFZjOjDa6Wza
If the customer was Hispanic, I don't blame 'em for being scared of Arizona cops.
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Dem Dean
Jul 2019
OP
"people are angry with the barista as well as the customer that complained. "
Jake Stern
Jul 2019
#50
Doesn't matter if the person was uncomfortable or not. That doesn't mean the cops have to leave.
Jedi Guy
Jul 2019
#21
Did THESE cops victimize you? No? Then you shouldnt put them all in the same basket.
oldsoftie
Jul 2019
#24
Why wouldn't that be an issue more aligned with prosecutors than with police? n/t
24601
Jul 2019
#57
I agree with you for the counterexample. I do wonder about how many other varieties may pop up.
erronis
Jul 2019
#20
I can sure understand the discomfort, but nobody should be asked to leave, even if they're cops.
Chemisse
Jul 2019
#15
I'd say the baby in this scenario is the one who expects others to cater to their feelings...
Jedi Guy
Jul 2019
#22
barista made a mistake because she wasn't trained properly, she shouldn't be making any such
yaesu
Jul 2019
#17
A different police encounter in a fast food place caught on surveillance video.
lapucelle
Jul 2019
#27