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LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:33 pm
by C-dub
Anyone see this? This is unbelievable. Maybe the police should get a statement from this business man that he doesn't want police in his store and then not show up for any calls to that store. I'm just stunned.

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Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 6:41 pm
by bizarrenormality
It sounds like they're consistent, unlike the businesses who ban armed CHL :willynilly: but allow armed LEO. :headscratch

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 8:08 pm
by A-R
Ridiculous.

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 9:15 pm
by driver8
I hope every place that has a 30.06 sign gets robbed every day.

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Fri Jun 04, 2010 10:16 pm
by Oldgringo
C-dub wrote:Anyone see this? This is unbelievable. Maybe the police should get a statement from this business man that he doesn't want police in his store and then not show up for any calls to that store. I'm just stunned.

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Metropolitan Oregon is a lot different from mainline Texas (think of Austin, TX with blonde hair and a yankee accent on the seashore). OTOH, the Oregon coast, the mountains and the Colombia River Gorge are gorgeous.

That said, the LEO may not have been a good fit for this particular coffee shop; in fact, it may have been to his benefit that he was asked to leave.

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 12:34 pm
by Liberty
Maybe the place is an Amsterdam model coffee shop and they were afraid that their real business would suffer.
I suspect that they might be watched just a little more closely, although maybe discretely.

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:11 pm
by bnc
If you go to their site, it is pretty much a communist coffee shop. Which makes it even more ironic since you would figure that police would fall into the "worker" category.

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 4:15 pm
by gigag04
Businesses have the right to refuse service to anyone...including uniformed LEOs.

I would leave quietly and politely and chalk it up to the rights of business owners.

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 5:15 pm
by Oldgringo
gigag04 wrote:Businesses have the right to refuse service to anyone...
It started way back in the early 1960's and was called among other things, "The Civil Rights Movement". Perhaps you don't remember it, but it was about a whole lot of things, not the least of which was that shopowners could not decide who they were going to serve, or who rode where on the bus, or who could use which drinking fountain or toilet, etc., etc.

I believe the laws resulting from that 'movement' are still in effect?

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 6:29 pm
by RPB
Probably have lots of caffiene seekers sleepy after the Meth wears off ... makes their customers (and salespersons/dealers) nervous.

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 7:14 pm
by Liberty
Oldgringo wrote:
gigag04 wrote:Businesses have the right to refuse service to anyone...
It started way back in the early 1960's and was called among other things, "The Civil Rights Movement". Perhaps you don't remember it, but it was about a whole lot of things, not the least of which was that shopowners could not decide who they were going to serve, or who rode where on the bus, or who could use which drinking fountain or toilet, etc., etc.

I believe the laws resulting from that 'movement' are still in effect?
Business don't have a right to discriminate based race, creed religion or physical handicaps but they can indiscriminately discriminate for almost any other reason. Some places discriminate based on the clothing worn, There are night clubs that won't let ugly people in .. I know a few places that won't let people in wearing beards.. The civil rights movement had nothing to do with letting LEO into your place of business.

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:08 pm
by jester
Liberty wrote:Business don't have a right to discriminate based race, creed religion or physical handicaps but they can indiscriminately discriminate for almost any other reason. Some places discriminate based on the clothing worn, There are night clubs that won't let ugly people in .. I know a few places that won't let people in wearing beards..
Some businesses even prohibit licensed carry of concealed handguns. :shock:

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:04 pm
by Oldgringo
Liberty wrote:
Oldgringo wrote:
gigag04 wrote:Businesses have the right to refuse service to anyone...
It started way back in the early 1960's and was called among other things, "The Civil Rights Movement". Perhaps you don't remember it, but it was about a whole lot of things, not the least of which was that shopowners could not decide who they were going to serve, or who rode where on the bus, or who could use which drinking fountain or toilet, etc., etc.

I believe the laws resulting from that 'movement' are still in effect?
Business don't have a right to discriminate based race, creed religion or physical handicaps but they can indiscriminately discriminate for almost any other reason. Some places discriminate based on the clothing worn, There are night clubs that won't let ugly people in .. I know a few places that won't let people in wearing beards.. The civil rights movement had nothing to do with letting LEO into your place of business.
Really? Well, I guess it's true, you can learn something every day.

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:10 pm
by rdcrags
There are night clubs that won't let ugly people in .. I know a few places that won't let people in wearing beards..
That's 2 strikes on me. No wonder I'm insecure and feel unwanted.

TX CHL 1997
CO CHP 2005

Re: LEO asked to leave coffee shop

Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 9:46 pm
by Liberty
rdcrags wrote:
There are night clubs that won't let ugly people in .. I know a few places that won't let people in wearing beards..
That's 2 strikes on me. No wonder I'm insecure and feel unwanted.

TX CHL 1997
CO CHP 2005
The places I was thinking of that won't allow people in with beards are some refinarys and chemical plants.

Texas I think is ugly friendly there ares ome famous exclusive night clubs in NYC and LA that only let the pretty people in.