• New Brunch Spot Hilda & Jesse Refuses to Serve Armed Police Officers

    From Wokster lynching party@21:1/5 to All on Fri Dec 10 09:59:42 2021
    XPost: talk.politics.guns, alt.checkmate

    Over the weekend, Hilda and Jesse, a new all-day breakfast spot
    in North Beach, refused to serve three members of the San
    Francisco Police Department, as now reported by multiple media
    outlets, and even Fox. The restaurant’s owners originally posted
    on Instagram, saying that on Friday, December 3, they seated
    three police officers in uniform, but that “our staff felt
    uncomfortable with the presence of their multiple weapons,” and
    that they “politely asked them to leave.” Chief of police
    William Scott responded on Twitter, saying he encourages
    officers to support local businesses and respects the wishes of
    the restaurant, even though he found them “discouraging and
    personally disappointing.”

    The restaurant received a social media storm: As of publication
    time, even though it only opened a little more than a month ago,
    Hilda and Jesse has received nearly a thousand reviews on Yelp,
    with a one-star rating average. The page is currently frozen due
    to unusual activity. The owners subsequently apologized on
    Instagram, saying “we made a mistake” and “handled this badly,”
    and apologized to the SFPD. In an interview with ABC7, co-owner
    Rachel Sillcocks said, “It’s not about the fact that we are anti
    police. It’s about the fact that we do not allow weapons in our
    restaurant. We were uncomfortable, and so we politely asked them
    to leave. It has nothing to do with the fact that they were
    officers, and everything to do with the fact that they were
    carrying guns.” [ABC7, SF Chronicle, SFGate, SFist]

    Burn this shithole down.

    https://sf.eater.com/2021/12/6/22820885/new-brunch-spot-hilda- jesse-refuses-to-serve-armed-police-officers

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  • From phiax@21:1/172 to Wokster lynching party on Fri Dec 10 06:20:01 2021
    police. It’s about the fact that we do not allow weapons in our restaurant. We were uncomfortable, and so we politely asked them
    to leave. It has nothing to do with the fact that they were
    officers, and everything to do with the fact that they were
    carrying guns.” [ABC7, SF Chronicle, SFGate, SFist]

    Burn this shithole down.

    Who's the snowflake now?

    I like how pro-freedom conservatives clutch their pearls if everyone is not enthusiastically adoring cops in cities with patently "not nice cops" to the point you think they want everywhere to be a police state (except for their hometown).

    I think it is dumb, since, let's face it, in the US, cops basically make the laws as they go. They are probably in more physical danger with armed police there than unarmed civilians (especially in SF, especially if anyone there is black), but you are just going to make a fucking stink and the police are
    going to ultimately do whatever they want to do.

    Although the devil is in the details. San Francisco cops have had a bad track record of using restaurants while on duty to profile, harass, and do cop work in a private business, making those places less safe. They have been on
    record harassing blacks and trans women who have been patrons to then shake them down for drugs or harass them as potential sex workers. This is kind of
    a think in SF. So frankly, I understand *why* but it's not going to make a difference, because some dumb big boy cop is going put pressure on the city
    to make sure they can't be excluded, regardless if they have automatic rifles and riot gear.

    As a conservative, I would imagine you don't like the idea of living in a totalitarian police state where armed cops can come into private businesses, when on duty, claim they are customers, and potentially harass whomever then choose? Right?

    So a no gun policy is a good idea, but it will never be enforcible. The cops will spoil that liberty the moment they can.

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  • From Bob F@21:1/5 to Wokster lynching party on Fri Dec 10 12:48:41 2021
    XPost: talk.politics.guns, alt.checkmate

    On 12/10/2021 12:59 AM, Wokster lynching party wrote:
    Over the weekend, Hilda and Jesse, a new all-day breakfast spot
    in North Beach, refused to serve three members of the San
    Francisco Police Department, as now reported by multiple media
    outlets, and even Fox. The restaurant’s owners originally posted
    on Instagram, saying that on Friday, December 3, they seated
    three police officers in uniform, but that “our staff felt
    uncomfortable with the presence of their multiple weapons,” and
    that they “politely asked them to leave.” Chief of police
    William Scott responded on Twitter, saying he encourages
    officers to support local businesses and respects the wishes of
    the restaurant, even though he found them “discouraging and
    personally disappointing.”

    The restaurant received a social media storm: As of publication
    time, even though it only opened a little more than a month ago,
    Hilda and Jesse has received nearly a thousand reviews on Yelp,
    with a one-star rating average. The page is currently frozen due
    to unusual activity. The owners subsequently apologized on
    Instagram, saying “we made a mistake” and “handled this badly,”
    and apologized to the SFPD. In an interview with ABC7, co-owner
    Rachel Sillcocks said, “It’s not about the fact that we are anti
    police. It’s about the fact that we do not allow weapons in our
    restaurant. We were uncomfortable, and so we politely asked them
    to leave. It has nothing to do with the fact that they were
    officers, and everything to do with the fact that they were
    carrying guns.” [ABC7, SF Chronicle, SFGate, SFist]

    Burn this shithole down.

    https://sf.eater.com/2021/12/6/22820885/new-brunch-spot-hilda- jesse-refuses-to-serve-armed-police-officers


    They made a mistake, and apologized for it. Sounds like a good place.

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