No more dunkin donuts for me.

[sammyg2]

I doubt they'll notice one less customer, but that's OK by me.

At a Dunkin’ Donuts in Providence, R.I., Friday, a local police officer was handed a cup with “#blacklivesmatter” written on the side. In Hartford, Conn., Saturday, a Dunkin’ employee reportedly told a police officer waiting in line, “We don’t serve cops here.”

Reactions to the two incidents – part of a number of individual acts of resistance in various food establishments across the country – once more highlighted the rift between law enforcement and the black community, and those who support each side. Similar incidents have occurred at a Whataburger in Texas, an Arby’s in Miami, and a Chipotle in New York.

Following the incident Saturday, dozens took to Twitter to call for a boycott of Dunkin’ Donuts and for the employee to be fired, The Hartford Courant reported. The company tweeted a response, saying, “The crew member exhibited poor judgement and the franchisee has apologized to the police officer on behalf of Dunkin' Donuts."

Them and the horse they rode in on too.
I can think of several people who shoulda been fired over that.

[vash]

FAKE!!

cops dont eat donuts..

wait..nevermind.
(i wonder if italian cops eat Zeppoli?)

[Gogar]

People were fired. The idiot miminum wage kid who wanted to get in the news.

Just like the same thing that happened last week.

Is this really how you make your decisions?

[wdfifteen]

Sounds like a major civil rights violation to me. BURN 'Em DOWN!!

[DanielDudley]

''Waiter, do you serve crabs here ?''

FWIW, Sam, the coffee sucks, and the donuts are even worse.

[Gogar]

Buy DNKN on . . . Wednesday, Thursday. That's what I'm talkin' about. Cause this crap is stupid.

[Jim Richards]

Originally Posted by Gogar

Is this really how you make your decisions?

Apparently, yes.

[Gogar]

He's an angry, acidic hate machine, but he's our angry, acidic hate machine.

[Racerbvd]

[MT930]

Wow Dunkin pissing the cops off, I would short the the stock.

[Gogar]

I would short it from 9:30 to about 11, in sync with the American attention span.

[Drbraunsr]

I wonder who they'll call when they get robbed at gunpoint ?

[M.D. Holloway]

Maybe Obama will invite the cops to the WH for breakfast?

[Nostril Cheese]

Sammy, You and I need to go blast shotguns somewhere. We can paint the targets as effigies.

Get all that grumpiness out and laugh over dumb s**t. Ammo's on me.

[Bill Douglas]

Krispy Kreme are much better anyway. Stupid cop shoulda' known better

[Porsche-O-Phile]

Know what I like best about Dunkin Donuts?

Driving by without stopping.

They suck. I don't understand for the life of me why they're so popular around these parts. Just upchuck-in-your-mouth-a-little terrible. Okay, back to the subject at hand...

It sounds like the popo are finally getting a bit of comeuppance. After years of "protecting and serving" the public by constantly thinking they walk on water, breaking the laws they claim to uphold, treating everyone like a criminal and being glorified tax collectors for fiscally reckless municipalities people are starting to get sick of it. I'm not saying all cops are bad (or good) but there's definitely been a shift in recent years away from being able to automatically assume that the cops are always the "good guys" by default. Corruption, self-serving attitudes (enabled by the police unions), trigger-happy, paramilitary responses to minor incidents, disproportionate racial and class "enforcement" of laws and one of the highest rates of police homicide in the world contribute to this. The fact that we have too many (stupid) laws on the books that enable creation of a de facto police state these days doesn't help. When I was a kid, the cops were always the good guys and could always be counted on to selflessly protect the public from bona fide crime - no more.

Here's a pointer to the LEO types out there - respect is EARNED. You're not entitled to it just because you wear a badge or a uniform. Stop treating the public like you do and reach out in a positive way to the community, do your jobs, keep people safe, care about peoples' problems and work WITH them to help solve them and we'll respect you for doing the hard job of dealing with real criminals and hard situations. When most peoples' only contact with the police is seeing them sit on their asses on the side of the road with a radar gun or "enforcing" some ricky-tack law (moneymaking scheme) like front license plates or broken taillights or whatever - and when so many seem to like to play "Rambo dress up" in tactical gear and act "hoo-rah" all the time, is it any wonder people are starting to push back and not respect you?

Just something to consider. A little public perception goes a long way. Put that whole "protect and serve" thing into practice and walk the walk - it'll probably help.

And as to the above - I completely agree. When seconds count, the police are only minutes away. A friend of mine was shot dead at his workplace a few years ago by two out-on-parole thugs. The police eventually showed up and took pictures and wrote a nice report. I'm not saying the police can or should be everywhere all the time, but this is just one example of why we need CCW a lot more than we have out there.

[widebody911]

They're opening a new Dunkin' Donuts down the street literally this morning - there's more news crews there than at a school shooting

(too soon?)

[widebody911]

Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile

Know what I like best about Dunkin Donuts?

Driving by without stopping.

They suck. I don't understand for the life of me why they're so popular around these parts. Just upchuck-in-your-mouth-a-little terrible.

This. And Krispy Kreme. They both suck, but for some reason people keep buying into the marketing hype.

[Chocaholic]

Maybe Jared will eat their donuts and lose weight.

Uh, never mind.

[911SauCy]

I dumped Dumpy Donuts a long time ago.

I just can't give my money to an establishment that has an option called XXL, 9 sugars and 9 creams in a coffee...