Cali. Coffee Shop Refuses to Serve Uniformed Police

[peteg59]

Hope they don't get robbed/held up anytime soon:

Coffee shop refuses to serve uniformed police officers

By Kathleen Joyce



March 10, 2018 | 10:39am



A California coffee shop is under fire for refusing to serve uniformed law enforcement officers, claiming it’s to protect the “physical and emotional safety of our customers and ourselves.”Hasta Muerte Coffee, an employee-owned business that opened just a few months ago in Oakland, recently announced it will not serve officers in uniform.

It all started a couple of weeks ago when an Oakland police sergeant wanted to introduce himself to the owners and get a cup of coffee. However, he was denied service, KTVU reported.In a letter to the Oakland police union after the incident, the coffee shop said “it does not serve the police.”Hasta Muerta Coffee, which is Spanish for “until death,” explained the situation in a social media post last month – which sparked widespread criticism online.

“We have a policy of asking police to leave for the physical and emotional safety of our customers and ourselves,” the post read.The lengthy post continued: “OPD’s [Oakland Police Department’s] recent attempts to enlist officers of color and its short term touting of fewer officer involved shootings does not reverse or mend its history of corruption, mismanagement, and scandal, nor a legacy of blatant repression. The facts are that poc [people of color], women, and queer police are complicit in upholding the same law and order that routinely criminalizes and terrorizes black and brown and poor folks, especially youth, trans, and houseless folks. For these reasons and so many more, we need the support of the actual community to keep this place safe, not police.”

The post was panned online, with some social media users pointing out that the coffee shop refused to serve a sergeant who is also the president of the Latino Police Officers Association of Alameda County.The sergeant in question told NBC Bay Area he was hoping to “build a better relationship” with the shop and hopes to speak with the employees.Roberto Lopez, a resident, said he did not understand the policy.“I don’t know what they got against them,” Lopez said.

Oakland City Councilmember Noel Gallo told KTVU he did not agree with the policy but hoped to open a dialogue with the café.“My understanding is they’re not going to serve police officers,” Gallo said. “I don’t agree with that, 100 percent. I think we need to work together, not against each other.”San Francisco Gate reported the Oakland Police Officers Association asked the café to “open a dialogue about its policy.”

Full Story:

https://nypost.com/2018/03/10/coffee...lice-officers/

[DblTrbl]

It's a shame. Speaks volumes about the folks in law enforcement as they will be the first to respond if this place has an issue. I myself would find it difficult to respond in a timely manner if this place was being robbed.....just saying

[vwbug72501]

Wonder how soon they'll robbed since they declared their place of business a "Police Free Zone"?

[DblTrbl]

would be great to see a truckload of ICE agents pull up and go inside for coffee. I wonder how many customers would flee.

Maybe the health department could close them down or fine them after a surprise inspection.

[ol' school]

That is just how messed up some people's thinking is in this day and age.

[wehrme]

California - fruits, nuts and flakes, and you can have double-nuts for no extra charge.

[FuzzyWuzHe]

Maybe the health department could close them down or fine them after a surprise inspection.

Doubt it. They are too busy treating the "Undocumented".

[LadyonaMission]

So, you must bake a wedding cake for a same sex couple, but you don't have to sell a cup of coffee to a police officer?

[Jack Klarich]

Shameful, seems what starts on the left coast spreads like wild fire

I hope not

[FuzzyWuzHe]

So, you must bake a wedding cake for a same sex couple, but you don't have to sell a cup of coffee to a police officer?

I'd love to see law enforcement sue over that, but, we all know they are too noble for that.

[hogcowboy]

I sure hope the cops are able to return the favor some day by taking their sweet time arriving if they need support. The left coast is turning into a turd world country on it's own.

[LadyonaMission]

Maybe something other than coffee is brewing in that place. I think a few undercover police officers should visit the place.

[Fearless]

And when they are robbed they will scream police did not respond fast enough to protect them So...

[desertclassic]

This is a crazy time. Unfortunately this happens to the military on a daily basis. People that have committed to be of service to the country will drive on and respond to the cry for help. Jim

[TonkaDriver]

Back in the early 80s I worked graveyards at a convenience store I gave any cop that walked in free coffee. A lot of stores were being robbed in those days. Not mine. I hope Oakland gets what it deserves.

[bikerbillone]

There are a lot of problems in California in case nobody noticed. Anyone think Moonbeam Brown is gonna solve them?

[hogcowboy]

There are a lot of problems in California in case nobody noticed. Anyone think Moonbeam Brown is gonna solve them?

I can't believe the idiots voted moonbeam back in in the first place. Surely they aren't that brain dead. I have to believe their voting is so corrupt that if wanted Winston Churchill or even Hitler could be governor. I refuse to believe they actually voted for him. Maybe I'm giving them too much credit out there though.

[1dn5up]

The good part is CA is very far left of me. All the snowflakes can’t take the cold/snow. Most are burnouts trying to find themselves. Co will do that to ya ! The boomers just put up with the BS as it’s not worth the move at there age. I hear it from quite a few kids here that want to relocate there, that newness waresout sooner than later. Not me , the NE is just fine for me. BTW ; you can grow your own here, in moderation

[bikerbillone]

Last two comments.....

[rhino 2]

Back in the early 80s I worked graveyards at a convenience store I gave any cop that walked in free coffee. A lot of stores were being robbed in those days. Not mine. I hope Oakland gets what it deserves.

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