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The Fraternal Order of Police says the incident is "unacceptable and discouraging."
The officer told the union that he received a cup of coffee Friday at a Dunkin' Donuts store with the slogan written on the cup. He says an employee was rude to him.
The slogan arose last year during protests nationwide over police violence against civilians.
Lt. Roger Aspinall, a union member, told WLNE-TV the slogan is anti-police and the Black Lives Matter movement "condones violence against police."
The union says it believes that "all lives matter."
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CurtEastPoint
(18,691 posts)malthaussen
(17,250 posts)... to try to float the concept that saying any lives matter is somehow "anti police." Are they even listening to themselves?
-- Mal
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)They're giving real unions a bad name.
Xipe Totec
(43,900 posts)Xipe Totec
(43,900 posts)KamaAina
(78,249 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,632 posts)A classic RW trope employed for years.
msongs
(67,542 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)A rude coffee shop employee AND a cup with "blacklivesmatter" on it? However will this law enforcement officer get out of bed in the morning? This could be the first documented terminal case of the vapors. Won't someone think of the . . . well, "children" might still apply.
MattBaggins
(7,905 posts)Black Lives Matter; would not exist.
Seriously
Shankapotomus
(4,840 posts)Now why didn't they think of that before?
Thor_MN
(11,843 posts)catnhatnh
(8,976 posts)...#BlueFeelingsMatter
ryan_cats
(2,061 posts)snooper2
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