A Portland cafe's business increases after kicking out a police officer...

I think the sales boost has less to do with the cop being gone, and more to do with bad publicity turned good (GTA games and Bioware games say high)

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Nobody deserves gratitute. We do our jobs and get paid. If we do something for free we must expect gratitude either, if you do something for free you are doing it out of the kindness of your heart, you enjoy doing it. NOT for looking for some kind of compensation. Cops are huge abusers of the law and think they are above it, they should just do their jobs WHICH they are paid to do. If they don't like it they can just quit.

They do "good" because it is their job to enforce the law not to ask for gratitude. They must have no respect for others thinking they are superior. Same goes for firefighters, politicians and military personel.

metroidfood

Some cops abuse the law, not all. But of course, the only ones that get pointed out are the former. :roll:

And yes, they do deserve gratitude. Cops, firefighters, and military personnel all put their lives on the line to serve the greater good and protect people's lives and their nation. No amount of compensation equals that.

If you have a problem with that, try getting out of your comfy chair behind a computer and move somewhere out of the protection from crime officers provide you on a daily basis. I doubt you will, because like all criticizers of the police, you'll happily enjoy the fruits of their labor and then belittle their protection when they don't do their job well enough.

Gratitude for what? Cops aren't volunteers or good samaritans. They're college dropouts.F1_2004

I'm going to school to become a police officer and so far I've had a consistent 4.0 GPA. Because of this I'm going to drop out right now and work at a coffee shop:cry:

Yea, I have never met one of those elusive good cops yet. I'm sure they are out there somewhere though. I live with a security officer who chills with a bunch of cops and I can say that I know of several occasions where non uniformed popos have driven under the influence and gotten off because they are cops. If I drive drunk I lose my license, car, and livelihood though...

The people in that picture on the site look like they are an indie band posing for a publicity shot for some reason. It seems stupid to throw the guy out just because someone felt uncomfortable. Some cops may do bad things but there are still good ones. Wearing that "No police" T Shirt makes that guy look idiotic though. Like one of those teens who pretend to be anarchists to get attention.

Film-Guy

[QUOTE="metroidfood"]

[QUOTE="IWKYB"]

Nobody deserves gratitute. We do our jobs and get paid. If we do something for free we must expect gratitude either, if you do something for free you are doing it out of the kindness of your heart, you enjoy doing it. NOT for looking for some kind of compensation. Cops are huge abusers of the law and think they are above it, they should just do their jobs WHICH they are paid to do. If they don't like it they can just quit.

They do "good" because it is their job to enforce the law not to ask for gratitude. They must have no respect for others thinking they are superior. Same goes for firefighters, politicians and military personel.

IWKYB

Some cops abuse the law, not all. But of course, the only ones that get pointed out are the former. :roll:

And yes, they do deserve gratitude. Cops, firefighters, and military personnel all put their lives on the line to serve the greater good and protect people's lives and their nation. No amount of compensation equals that.

If you have a problem with that, try getting out of your comfy chair behind a computer and move somewhere out of the protection from crime officers provide you on a daily basis. I doubt you will, because like all criticizers of the police, you'll happily enjoy the fruits of their labor and then belittle their protection when they don't do their job well enough.

Yea, I have never met one of those elusive good cops yet. I'm sure they are out there somewhere though. I live with a security officer who chills with a bunch of cops and I can say that I know of several occasions where non uniformed popos have driven under the influence and gotten off because they are cops. If I drive drunk I lose my license, car, and livelihood though...

Plzhelpmelearn

A BOOST in customers. What the heck?

Snipes_2

The people in that picture on the site look like they are an indie band posing for a publicity shot for some reason. Film-Guy

That's what I thought immediately after I saw that pic.

Most cops are cops because they failed at all their other goals or ran out of other career choices...not because they want to "serve and protect"

Yea, I have never met one of those elusive good cops yet. I'm sure they are out there somewhere though. I live with a security officer who chills with a bunch of cops and I can say that I know of several occasions where non uniformed popos have driven under the influence and gotten off because they are cops. If I drive drunk I lose my license, car, and livelihood though...

Plzhelpmelearn

Perhaps, but why would they kick out a cop who was just in for a minute to "grab a coffee". I think they would have no need to kick him out if he were only there for a short amount of time.

Gnomefan

lol they look like if they were posing for a band picture.cyberdarkkid

Most cops are cops because they failed at all their other goals or ran out of other career choices...not because they want to "serve and protect"

sboyer2

Really? I can forsee a lot of reasons why someone might become a cop, why don't you back up that statement with some evidence?

Not surprising, people have seriously started associating police officers (or Images of police officers) as a symbol for this over use in, and abuse of "authority."

Who can blame them for thinking this really? there have been so many rights and liberties legislated away in the past decade, and the completely wrong laws enforced, what do you think is gonna happen?

Though I think borders are a big problem, always have been, "From God(s) to lines in the sand, we have needlessly killed one another over these old ideas" (quote of my own there) People should be able to go anywhere, no restriction, the earth is ours to share, not fight over. So if the cop was just getting some coffee, not starting any problems, I do not see a reason why they should have made him leave.

i guest the costomers hate cops.

"I don't think we are trying to be purists about it," Langley said. "We would prefer that there be some practical alternative to police like community forums for restorative justice, for example."Article

ok see i agree some cop's could be major pricks and i also agree that it was there store so they can kick anyone out, but why the hell did they kick him out just for being a police officer..???:|

god do i loathe hippies

Most cops are cops because they failed at all their other goals or ran out of other career choices...not because they want to "serve and protect"

sboyer2

There are far easier career choices to make, police officer is no the easiest.. Infact its one of the hardest.. That seem to be a direct contridiction to where a flunky would want to go.

Gratitude for what? Cops aren't volunteers or good samaritans. They're college dropouts.F1_2004

Sterotypes are fun! /sarcasm.

The people in that picture on the site look like they are an indie band posing for a publicity shot for some reason. It seems stupid to throw the guy out just because someone felt uncomfortable. Some cops may do bad things but there are still good ones. Wearing that "No police" T Shirt makes that guy look idiotic though. Like one of those teens who pretend to be anarchists to get attention.

Film-Guy

And the cafe best hope they don't need the police any time soon....LJS9502_basic

Let's be alternative and weird just for the sake of it. Yay for tolerance and diversity. "This doesn't compare to race, someone can choose to be a police officer....blah, blah, blah......" I'll bet this loser was high-fiving himself for making what they thought was a REALLY HUGE homerun point.:roll:

Most cops are cops because they failed at all their other goals or ran out of other career choices...not because they want to "serve and protect"

sboyer2

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Most cops are cops because they failed at all their other goals or ran out of other career choices...not because they want to "serve and protect"

hkmp5a2

Let's be alternative and weird just for the sake of it. Yay for tolerance and diversity. "This doesn't compare to race, someone can choose to be a police officer....blah, blah, blah......" I'll bet this loser was high-fiving himself for making what they thought was a REALLY HUGE homerun point.:roll:

QuistisTrepe_

Edit: I was wrong. The owner of the shop said that. Pretty callous of him, IMO.

Most cops are cops because they failed at all their other goals or ran out of other career choices...not because they want to "serve and protect"

sboyer2

It would be ironic if this story ends with a deadly rampage through the cafe by a gunman.