Title: A California Starbucks Reportedly Denied Service to Police Officers
Headings: A California Starbucks reportedly denied police officers service, in the latest of several alleged anti-cop acts at the coffee chain this year
A California Starbucks reportedly denied police officers service, in the latest of several alleged anti-cop acts at the coffee chain this year
Hillary Hoffower
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Content: A barista then reportedly asked the officers to either remove themselves from a customer's line of sight or leave the store because the customer "did not feel safe" with the officers' presence, and the officers chose to leave. It spawned the hashtag "#DumpStarbucks" to trend on Twitter, after the Tempe Officers Association tweeted a logo seemingly designed in 2012 by the National Organization for Marriage to protest Starbuck's support of same-sex marriage. —Tempe Officers Association (@ToaAz) July 5, 2019
Starbucks Executive Vice President Rossann Williams issued an apology to the police department, writing that the officers "should have been welcomed and treated with dignity and the utmost respect by our partners." But another anti-police instance occurred at a Glenpool, Oklahoma, Starbucks in November when an employee was fired after labeling a police officer's cup with the word "PIG," a derogatory term used for police officers. Amy Slanchik, a news reporter from the local Oklahoma news channel News On 6, first tweeted about the incident. The Kiefer Police Department officer was buying his team thank you coffees for working on Thanksgiving, she wrote. —Amy Slanchik (@amyslanchik) November 28, 2019
Starbucks released an official apology to the officer in which they called the incident "absolutely unacceptable." Following the incident, Starbucks and the Kiefer Police Department released a statement saying they would work to "promote greater civility together." Newsletter
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