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| Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's bike shop in Austin, Texas, is cutting ties with local police. |
| 2020-08-11 |
| [FoxNews] Disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong's bike shop in Austin, Texas, is cutting ties with local police. Mellow Johnny's Bike Shop will no longer purchase, re-sell or service police-issued Trek bikes, even though the City of Austin had already greenlighted the request, due to "the current evaluation of community policing in Austin." "Businesses can no longer be non-participants in the communities they serve," Mellow Johnny's in Austin said in a statement. "We chose what we think will do the most to suture these divides and place our community on the right side of history. We have had to make these choices before when we felt companies whose products we sold put kids at schools at risk of violence. We lost sales due to this choice." The store had previously cut ties with Vista Outdoor over its connection to the National Rifle Association. Despite its latest decision, Mellow Johnny's said its shop is not "anti-police." "We do believe our local police force will protect us from the very threats we are receiving right now," Mellow Johnny's said in the statement. Mellow Johnny's opened in Austin in 2008. There is another Mellow Johnny's in Fort Worth, Texas, under different management, the Fort Worth Star Telegram reported |
| Posted by:Woodrow |
| #19 good idea |
| Posted by: Chris 2020-08-11 20:14 |
| #18 Slap some Trump 2020 sticker on the windows and let nature take its course. |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2020-08-11 15:50 |
| #17 I expect a little arson and blame conservatives and Cops for not responding or blaming the owners for the arson. |
| Posted by: rjschwarz 2020-08-11 13:34 |
| #16 “ But I am one of you...........” |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2020-08-11 10:18 |
| #15 Is it bad to hope that the wokenutz burn it down? |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2020-08-11 10:02 |
| #14 Free bikes... |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2020-08-11 09:55 |
| #13 I know which store to rob now as the police response time will be measured in days. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2020-08-11 09:30 |
| #12 Dammit, Frank G, ya beat me to it! I gotta get up earlier! |
| Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 2020-08-11 09:27 |
| #11 I ride a 40 year old Specialized StumpJumper, the original mountain bike. It's too heavy and only 18 speed. Still, If they came out all Woke today, the bike is long paid for an still works. If I had to replace it I mint have to hunt around. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-11 09:15 |
| #10 Well, just try refusing service to all black patrons of any business then explaining you're not anti-black. |
| Posted by: Cesare 2020-08-11 08:28 |
| #9 Despite its latest decision, Mellow Johnny's said its shop is not "anti-police." Could've fooled me. ...and - Frank G with the early SOTD lead! |
| Posted by: Raj 2020-08-11 07:35 |
| #8 Surely this shop can do what it wants, but I would like to tune back in in about a year to see how the shop is performing. A mistake, IMO, but we will see. |
| Posted by: Clem 2020-08-11 07:16 |
| #7 apparently, Lance lost his remaining testicle. Snark O'The Day |
| Posted by: Frank G 2020-08-11 07:14 |
| #6 Not to worry. Lance will soon issue a statement that "management of the shop is completely autonomous." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-11 05:39 |
| #5 ...Fortunately, I don't look to confessed liars, cheats, and con men for moral lessons. Mike |
| Posted by: Mike Kozlowski 2020-08-11 05:23 |
| #4 Sort of dead is like sort of pregnant. The exception is the description of Kurtz: "Mistah Kurtz. Him dead. Him gah damn dead..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-11 04:43 |
| #3 Anathema! But... can it be, When I've snubbed to the umpteenth degree, Adding nails to the coffin, As happens so often... That someone gets deader to me? |
| Posted by: Flusing Bourbon8089 2020-08-11 04:40 |
| #2 Despite its latest decision, Mellow Johnny's said its shop is not "anti-police." "We do believe our local police force will protect us from the very threats we are receiving right now," Mellow Johnny's said in the statement. Wonderful logic. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-08-11 03:47 |
| #1 Dopers hate cops. |
| Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 2020-08-11 00:42 |