California Restaurant Accused of Kicking Out Uniformed Police Officers to Create ‘Safe Space’

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David Rufful
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The left-wing staff of a San Francisco restaurant is accused of denying service to three uniformed police officers after claiming the officers’ weapons made them feel “uncomfortable.”

The staff of Hillda and Jesse San Franciso then proudly posted the incident on social media.

They declared the restaurant to be a “safe space.”

The staff insisted that “this is not a political statement,” adding that “the presence of their weapons in the restaurant made us uncomfortable.”

“We did what we thought was best for our staff,” they concluded.

“We respect the San Francisco Police Department and are grateful for the work they do,” but said the officers can return when they are “off duty, out of uniform, and without their weapons.”

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This decision comes as the nation is faced with an unprecedented crime wave in 12 major U.S. cities, all of which are Democrat-led.

The year 2020 was already a historically bloody year with the wave of violent “Black Lives Matter” riots, but those records were shattered in 2021.

Rochester Police Department Capt. Frank explained, “The community has to get fed up.”

There were 71 homicides in Rochester, which broke its 30-year-old homicide record.

“We’re extremely frustrated. It has to stop. I mean, it’s worse than a war zone around here lately,” he added.

In addition to Rochester, there are 11 other cities including Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Toledo, Ohio; Columbus, Ohio; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Austin, Texas; Louisville, Kentucky; St. Paul, Minnesota; Portland, Oregon; Tucson, Arizona; Albuquerque, New Mexico.

All 12 cities are led by Democratic mayors.

Philadelphia mayor Jim Kenney, who once told President Donald Trump to “go back to hell,” oversaw 521 homicides, which was more than New York City and Los Angeles.

New York City recorded 443 as of Dec. 5, ABC News reported, while Los Angeles recorded 352 as of Nov. 27.

“It’s terrible to every morning get up and have to go look at the numbers and then look at the news and see the stories. It’s just crazy. It’s just crazy and this needs to stop,” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said.

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Some have blamed the crime spikes on bail reform, lack of arrests, fall out from police retirements and resignations following 2020’s nationwide calls to defund the police.

“Nobody’s getting arrested anymore,” retired chief of detectives for the New York Police Department, Robert Boyce, told ABC News. “People are getting picked up for gun possession and they’re just let out over and over again.”

“America’s most beautiful cities are indeed being ruined by liberal policies,” Republican Rep. Dan Crenshaw said on “Fox & Friends” last week of cities experiencing crime surges. “There’s a direct line between death and decay and liberal policies.”

“The criminals laugh in the back of a police car because they know that they are going to be out the next day back to committing crimes This is a problem for people who actually pay taxes who live there. And they are absolutely ruining America’s greatest cities, and we should be outraged about it.”

The spikes come after there was a 45% increase in the police retirement rate and a nearly 20% increase in resignations from officers in 2020-2021 compared to the previous year, according to a June survey from the Police Executive Research Forum.

Two other cities are also close to breaking homicide records this year. Milwaukee is 12 homicides short of breaking its 2020 record of 190, and Minneapolis is six homicides short of breaking its 1995 record of 97, ABC News reported.