{"id":351825,"date":"2018-03-12T14:40:09","date_gmt":"2018-03-12T13:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-california-coffee-shop-doubles-down-on-refusing-service-to-cops\/"},"modified":"2018-03-12T14:40:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-12T13:40:09","slug":"prison-planet-com-california-coffee-shop-doubles-down-on-refusing-service-to-cops","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-california-coffee-shop-doubles-down-on-refusing-service-to-cops\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb California Coffee Shop Doubles Down On Refusing Service To Cops"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/03\/11\/oakland-coffee-shop-police\/\"><strong>Daily Caller<\/strong><\/a><br \/>March 12, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>A California coffee shop doubled down on its refusal to serve police officers, claiming cops threaten their \u201cphysical and emotional safety.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Hasta Muerte Coffee owners\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktvu.com\/NEWS\/OAKLAND-CAFE-WONT-SERVE-COPS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">refused<\/a> service to a Latino police sergeant March 8 and are now defending that decision despite growing outrage, KTVU reported. The shop is a worker-owned collective with a mural criticizing police shootings and the militarization of law enforcement. Oakland\u2019s police union wrote a letter to the owners, complaining about the measure. A local city councilman said while he disagrees with the policy, there aren\u2019t any plans to stop it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe know in our experience working on campaigns against police brutality that we are not alone saying that police presence compromises our feelings of physical &amp; emotional safety,\u201d Hasta Muerte Coffee posted on its Instagram page. \u201cThe 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.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officers were disappointed but would respect their policy, Oakland Police\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nydailynews.com\/news\/national\/california-coffee-shop-defends-policy-not-serving-cops-article-1.3867469\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Department replied<\/a>, according to the New York Daily News. Some Oakland residents were less forgiving.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/03\/11\/oakland-coffee-shop-police\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Monday, March 12, 2018  at  7:55 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/california-coffee-shop-doubles-down-on-refusing-service-to-cops.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/california-coffee-shop-doubles-down-on-refusing-service-to-cops.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily CallerMarch 12, 2018 A California coffee shop doubled down on its refusal to serve police officers, claiming cops threaten their \u201cphysical and emotional safety.\u201d Hasta Muerte Coffee owners\u00a0refused service to a Latino police sergeant March 8 and are now defending that decision despite growing outrage, KTVU reported. 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