The San Franciscopolice officer’s union reacted with outrage final week when Reem’s, a neighborhood bakery chain, refused to serve an officer in uniform.
“NO COPS ALLOWED,” the San Francisco Police Officer’s Affiliation wrote on X, the social media platform previously often called Twitter. “That’s the confirmed coverage of the bakery chain Reem’s. Considered one of our officers was denied service final weekend as a result of he was in uniform. Reem’s confirms that they won’t serve anybody armed and in uniform. Presumably, this contains members of the US Army.”
The union additionally claimed the coverage was “bigoted” and “discriminatory.”
Reem’s, a bakery serving Arab meals, with areas throughout San Francisco and Oakland, confirmed the indicent passed off at its Mission neighbourhood retailer, however stated the coverage applies to all armed individuals and that officers had been welcome to are available in whereas off obligation.
“Reem’s has a deep dedication to uplifting social and racial justice in our communities,” the enterprise wrote in a press release on Instagram. “This contains fostering an setting of security for our employees and prospects. In a time of elevated gun violence – notably impacting individuals of colour, youth, and queer individuals — we belive that sustaining a strict coverage of prohibiting weapons in our restaurant retains us safer.”
“Many members of our group have been impacted by gun violence, whether or not that be expertise on the streets of San Francisco, having come from struggle or occupation, or having elevated fears due to a rising local weather of political extremism,” the bakery continued. “All too typically, Black and brown individuals, and poor persons are the victims of this violence. At Reem’s, we goal to present an area the place individuals can eat scrumptious Arab meals and work collectively to strengthen our group, with out concern of violence or harassment.”
The Mission neighbourhood is a various space house to quite a few immigrant communities from completely different nations.
San Francisco police say a ‘bigoted’ native bakery refused to serve a uniformed officer
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It’s not the primary time such an issue has occured. A cashier was fired from a San Francisco pizzeria earlier this year for refusing to serve a police workplace.
In the meantime, in 2021, the San Francisco restaurant Hilda and Jesse apologised for refusing to serve three uniformed SFPD officers.
The San Francisco Police Division has a well-documented document of disproportionate violence towards individuals of color.
Black persons are 6.5 instances extra seemingly to be shot by the SFPD than white individuals, whereas Latinx persons are 3.6 instances extra seemingly, in accordance to data from Mapping Police Violence.
