So dumb.

Via Fox News Radio:

An Illinois police chief has banned his officers from a Belleville Denny’s Restaurant after a manager told five on-duty detectives they had to leave because one of them had a firearm.

“The Belleville Police Department is very disheartened by the lack of respect shown to on-duty sworn police officers, Capt. Don Sax told Fox News. “Until further notice all on duty Belleville Police officers are banned from Denny’s Restaurant unless responding to an official call for service.”

The incident occurred on New Year’s Day when five detectives were eating at the restaurant. A manager approached their table and told one of the detectives that she had to take her weapon out to her car or leave the restaurant.

The detectives initially thought it was a joke, Sax said, noting that all of the officers had displayed their badges and several police radios were on the table.

“(The manager) stated that he had a complaint from another customer about the weapon and she had to take the weapon outside or leave,” he said.

The manager told the detectives that Denny’s only allows officers in uniform to carry weapons. The detectives said that wasn’t going to happen so they got up to leave.

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Because it is the lawfully armed police officers that are scary.

This is just the spin that Denny's is using for kicking the cops out. It had nothing to do with the guns. It had to do with the fact that the cops were black. It is Denny's after all.

LOL!

Belleville is in southern IL, kinda a southern suburb of East St. Louis. East St. Louis is basically a ghetto, just like the south side of Chitcago is. If you remove the Chitcago area and the East St. Louis area, you have a real decent State. Well . . . almost . . . Springfield - the Capitol - is still a mess, but not as bad as the other 2.

I have read stories over the years that make Detroit look like an urban paradise compared to East St Louis.

Actually I am kind of surprised about this story even on a pragmatic level. Restaurants like all-night Dennys usually cater to police so that when they have any trouble, especially at night, the cops respond quickly.

No, I am not saying the police will ignore calls from Dennys, especially if violence is involved, but if it's simply some public disturbance, like a drunk, well, the police do have other duties to attend to you know.

Beyond that the whole affair reflects remarkable stupidity by someone at Dennys.