An Oakland, California Coffee Shop Wouldn’t Serve Cops. Cops Used It As A ‘Teaching Moment’ About Equality And Respect.

When an Oakland, California coffee “collective” announced that it would no longer serve cops, because a law enforcement presence in the cafe “compromises our feeling of physical & emotional safety,” Oakland police decided to use it as a way of teaching equality and respect to their neighbors.

Last month, the Hasta Muerte coffee collective made their feelings about uniformed police known when they refused to serve Oakland Sgt. Robert Trevino. The “poc collectively run, worker-owned coffee shop” claims, on their website, that they have a “warm and inclusive atmosphere” for all people in their local community, but doubled down on their anti-police policy this week, posting a photo of an X’ed out police badge on Instagram with the words, “Talk with your neighbors, not the police.”