There is one particular mother in the Houston area that is seeing red, and with good reason. She recently reported that her children saw the words, “Defund the Police” on one of their drinks from a local Starbucks. Of course, the company has taken notice because the mother is sharing her story of her Starbucks visits on social media.
The unidentified Houston resident posted the following:
“My ex-husband takes my children to the Starbucks on I-10 and Kirkwood before bringing them back to me. All 3 of my children’s drinks have this [Defund the Police] printed on the label. I call to make the manager aware…as if she wasn’t already. This woman acted like she couldn’t careless (sic).
All of my LEO friends will need to be careful when they get anything from there. Free free to speak to the manager yourself the number is 281-584-9063. This shit (sic) needs to stop. We can’t even buy a cup of coffee without worrying about being poisoned or worse. WTF is wrong with America???”
I’ll answer your question, my fellow conservative and patriotic friend. Liberals are what is WRONG with America, but I digress.
Of course, the corporate headquarters of Starbucks chimed in, and they at least tried to offer something akin to an apology: “We wish to offer our deepest apologies for what happened here.
We know that this incident is unacceptable and it doesn’t represent the deep appreciation that Starbucks has for all police officers. These men and women work tirelessly to keep our communities safe.”
“Rest assured that we continue to investigate this situation,” the Starbucks representative continued regarding the plight of the offended mother. “We want to use this platform in order to leverage and cooperation with the Houston police department. We also believe that everyone who enters one of our locations should feel welcome and have a positive experience.”
Even though Starbucks has been trying their best to do damage control, this isn’t the first time that they have been in the news for poor treatment of police officers. One case in point would be a store in Tempe, Arizona, which asked six uniformed officers to leave because another customer did not feel safe in their presence.
Of course, if these police officers were bartenders or sanitation workers instead of police offers, then it is likely that Starbucks would now have a discrimination lawsuit on their hands. So why is this absurd and discriminatory behavior okay when it is directed toward police officers? The short answer is that it’s not.
However, if this weren’t enough, there was yet another incident where there were some African-American individuals who refused to leave a Starbucks in Philadelphia. They were ultimately arrested, but here’s the kicker – they ended up suing and then they received a public apology from the Starbucks CEO and an offer where they would have all of their tuition completely paid for!
Starbucks also shut down all of their stores on a nationwide basis and gave all of their employees specialized sensitivity training to address the issue. Naturally, herein lies the double standard: will they do the same for this incident of prejudice against police officers? I’m not holding my breath.
Unfortunately, these are not isolated incidents. There have been reports on TikTok that some Starbucks employees are even poisoning the drinks of police officers after their visits with bleach and other toxic substances.
This particular video was made at a Starbucks that was located inside a Target store, and the retail chain at least had the decency to issue a public apology for these terrible visits. Starbucks, on the other hand, didn’t even say a word. What do you think about this appalling treatment of cops and other visits to the Starbucks coffee shop chain? LET US KNOW below!