{"id":1535613,"date":"2022-07-01T15:49:05","date_gmt":"2022-07-01T19:49:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535613"},"modified":"2022-07-01T15:49:14","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T19:49:14","slug":"detroit-ice-cream-shop-slammed-for-policy-refusing-to-serve-police-officers-wearing-body-armor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/detroit-ice-cream-shop-slammed-for-policy-refusing-to-serve-police-officers-wearing-body-armor\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Ice Cream Shop Slammed For Policy Refusing To Serve Police Officers Wearing Body Armor"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdetroit-ice-cream-shop-slammed-for-policy-refusing-to-serve-police-officers-wearing-body-armor%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1535613&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/detroit\">Detroit<\/a>-based vegan ice cream shop has come under fire for its policy to refuse to serve armor-clad <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/police\">police officers<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Cold Truth owner owner Tim Mahoney\u00a0shared his store\u2019s new policy via an Instagram story Thursday. The post showed a Detroit Police car parked on the wrong side of the street in front of the shop with a caption that read, \u201cwe can tolerate the parking however you please, but we will not serve anyone wearing body armor.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mahoney followed up later with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/facebook\">Facebook<\/a> post that clarified the position.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCold Truth is a family\/community ice cream spot. There are times when various units come through and are outfitted in heavy duty tactical gear, it is disturbing and unsettling for some of the families in our space,\u201d the post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/coldtruth313\">said<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the last 24 hours It has come to my attention that the City of Detroit outfits EMS and FIRE with armor and this is not my concern. It\u2019s the heavy duty military dress that I\u2019m hoping the city can find a way to minimize in our public spaces.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Screenshots of the original post caught fire online, which resulted in dozens of readers flooding the establishment with one-star reviews, ABC affiliate WXYZ Detroit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wxyz.com\/news\/detroit-ice-cream-shop-defends-online-post-saying-police-in-body-armor-wont-be-served\">reported<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re definitely getting national people kind of coming in and weighing in and calling and stuff like that,\u201d owner Tim Mahoney told the outlet. \u201cIt\u2019s unfortunate people are spending their time doing this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The ice cream shop owner said they\u2019ve never turned law enforcement away.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(We\u2019re) not anti-police,\u201d Mahoney continued. \u201cWe just think the militarization of the dress and the cars being blacked out, it\u2019s intimidating.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am vehemently against the heavy tactical gear and I want to be apart of the conversation that minimizes that,\u201d Mahoney said. \u201cIt\u2019s just the uniform, it\u2019s the Kevlar, it\u2019s that dress. We ask that after the shift, please come by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Detroit Police Department Chief James White blasted the shop for its stance in a statement.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLaw enforcement is a dangerous profession,\u201d White wrote. \u201cBody armor provides our officers protection and is an essential part of the police uniform. It is the desire of each and every member of the Detroit Police Department to fulfill their duties as a law enforcement officer and at the end of their shift return home to their loved ones.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Many members of the community seemed to side with the police.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know, police officers wear body armor for the same reason firefighters and paramedics do,\u201d one Facebook comment with almost 500 likes says. \u201cPeople shoot at them, and they need to be protected. And if you ever saw pictures of the armor military personnel wear, you would know that it is not the same. But, you hate cops, so you should just admit that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs some who has lived in Detroit all my life and I\u2019m not talking about the surrounding areas of Detroit, as a black female with black brothers\/sisters, as someone who has protested police brutality, as someone with family in some of the worst parts of Detroit. I\u2019m tired of y\u2019all fake woke liberals,\u201d another person wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe literally have one of the deadliest zip codes in the country just a few weeks ago multiple police cars were lit up on different days. If them walking around with gear on to keep safe makes you uncomfortable go back to the suburbs. If you live in Detroit you should know downtown is wild in the summer period.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Detroit-based vegan ice cream shop has come under fire for its policy to refuse to serve armor-clad police officers. Cold Truth owner owner Tim Mahoney\u00a0shared his store\u2019s new policy via an Instagram story Thursday. 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