Pilsen Bookstore Pledges To Refuse Service To Cops As Owners Declare It A ‘Police-Free Store’ – Block Club Chicago

“We know that we keep us safe, and that our community is the folks that come through our doors every day — young organizers look for their their first Frantz Fanon book, teachers buying books with their own money for their classroom, parents hoping to expose their children to books that will help them imagine and create a better world. THESE people are our community, and these people are always welcome,” the statement from the bookstore read.
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Pat S.
3 years ago

A 2017 Vice article reported it may not be against the law to deny service to police officers because their employment doesn’t make them a protected class.”

Based on this can I assume a heterosexual white person can be denied service because s/he is not part of a protected class?

And the officer who was denied service stated that she is gay – aren’t gays a protected class?

This denial of service is CRIMINAL, but we all know that “criminal” is okay and even celebrated in Chicago/Cook County/Illinois.

Rick
3 years ago

Good information for the criminals, a cop free zone, lets go!

NotABrainDeadLib
3 years ago

If the Pilsen store is a cop free zone do the cops have to respond to any call from that store?

nixit
3 years ago

Cops should respond. Law enforcement should be agnostic. Show them you’re above their petty political beliefs.

Now, whether or not the store employees or patrons will call police is another matter.

Mike
3 years ago

These Libs are just so clueless. Literally like Lambs. I just don’t understand them

Marko
3 years ago
Reply to  Mike

It’s attention seeking behavior wrapped up in narcissism and jealousy. They always existed but we really spawned a doozy of a generation of coddled, ignorant, destructive, children failing to grow up.

IllinoisHomeOfTheSwamp
3 years ago

Pretty sure the police are the only folks who are keeping your fellow komrades from ripping off your store on a daily basis. Seriously, why are there so many brain dead folks in our midst?

Ataraxis
3 years ago

Why is this communist exploiting people by making them pay for books?
Why not just give the books away?

Wilton
3 years ago
Reply to  Ataraxis

Oh, the books will be going out the door for free in the next round of riots, unless they’re going up in flames.

debtsor
3 years ago
Reply to  Wilton

No, rioters won’t be stealing books, LOL

Ex Illini
3 years ago

This type of declaration never ends well.

Lions Choice
3 years ago

PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ROB THIS BOOKSTORE — ‘Pilsen Community Books‘ Bans Police From The Premises — So No Need To Worry About Police Stopping You — After You Steal The Cash Register  

NotABrainDeadLib
3 years ago
Reply to  Lions Choice

Hopefully they have their Gun free zone stickers on the front door.

Pat S.
3 years ago

Bad guys always abide by those stickers – really, they do, otherwise why would stores post them?

They also abide by Chicago’s strict gun laws.

… and let me tell you about some lovely Oklahoma oceanfront property I have for sale.

mmack
3 years ago

So it’s safe to guess the owners of Pilsen Community Books won’t call the police if and when “The Community” they love so much, or “Other” communities, rob the store?

nixit
3 years ago

Communists are a strange breed. They are resentful of government meddling in their affairs yet they yearn to control every aspect of everyone else’s lives. In their socialist world, they get to run a bookstore and discuss pedantic politics all day while you toil in the factory.

Pat S.
3 years ago

So, a baker can be sued for not being willing to create a cake for a gay wedding, but a cop in Chicago can be denied service in a book store.

Something about that seems abhorrent.

IllinoisHomeOfTheSwamp
3 years ago
Reply to  Pat S.

No, that’s exactly what the left wants… They are a cancer.

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