Bakery doesn't want to serve police officers: The reason for this makes cops angry
San Francisco (USA) - A bakery in San Francisco refused entry to a police officer. The reason for this is a new policy of the oriental bakery chain, which strictly prohibitsweapons in its establishments - even for law enforcement officers.

A police officer was astonished when he was refused service in a Reem's bakery in San Francisco in the USA. He was on duty, in uniform and carrying a gun, as reported by the news portal Insider .
On August 24, Reem's confirmed the enforcement of the new policy in an Instagram post. It said the bakery wanted to "create a safe environment for [its] employees and customers".
"In a time of increasing gun violence - which particularly affects people of color, young people and queer people - we believe a strict ban on guns in our restaurant will keep us safer," Reem's said in justifying the anti-gun policy last Thursday.
The San Francisco Police Department (SFPD) showed little understanding. In an email, the officers asked for confirmation that police officers on duty are apparently no longer welcome as customers if they bring a weapon into the restaurant.
San Francisco police boycott Reem's

On X (formerly Twitter), the agency shared a screenshot of the email response from Reem's: "Thank you for your email. At Reem's we have a policy of not serving anyone who is in uniform and armed. All officers are welcome to come into our facility if they are off duty and not armed."
But this is something the San Francisco Police Department is determined to do without in the future: "We are not asking Reem's or any company with a narrow-minded policy to serve our officers."
It also said: "We are asking them to stand by their discriminatory policy and post a sign so we know not to spend money at your establishment - on or off duty."
"We took the liberty of designing one for them," the agency added, sharing a picture of said design. Officials did not miss a chance to take another shot at Reem's, calling it a company "with a long history of anti-police bigotry."
The SFPD also accused the bakery of turning away members of the U.S. military, including veterans, because of the policy. However, no statement from Reem's makes that clear.
Anti-gun directive leads to divided opinions online

Online, opinions are divided among the posts from Reem's and the police: some defend the bakery's policy, pointing out that it's about carrying weapons.
"On the other hand, do the police stand by their discriminatory policy so easily? Also, it seems like they have a problem with armed people. If the area is so crime ridden, how do you find time for this little internet war? Shouldn't you be fighting crime?" one X user wrote under SFPD's post.
Others see Reem's in the wrong for shutting out law enforcement, "I hope you need the police soon and they laugh in your face," one comment under the bakery's Instagram post read. There were also calls to boycott Reem's.
The police have also ruled out the possibility that the oriental bakery chain acted against white people for racist reasons - the cop who was turned away was apparently African-American.