Blogger Exposed Handling of Ex-CdA Cop

re: Portland vegan shop owner banishes ex-CdA cop /HucksOnline

Last week, I posted an article from the Oregonian re: a vegan shop co-owner asking Portland police officer James Crooker (pictured in Oregonian photo to left) to leave because he wasn’t comfortable with a uniformed cop being in his business. Crooker worked for seven years with the Coeur d’Alene Police Department before accepting a job with the city of Portland. Now, I have the back story on the incident which went viral after blogger Cornelia Becker Signeur wrote about the incident. Signeur and her daughter were in the Red and White cafe when the shop co-owner asked Crooker to leave (after the officer had purchased a cup of coffee). Signeur retells what happened in a post, titled “Where’s A Police Officer to Get a Cup of Coffee” here and here . Also, she tells why she was in the Red and White cafe in the first place here . Signeur’s started a Blue Ribbon “Police Deserve A Cup Of Coffee (Keep It Positive) Facebook page here . Meanwhile, vegan shop owner John Langley reports his business has been deluged with calls about the incident, about half for and half against.

Question: Would you frequent a business that treated a police officer the way Jim Crooker was treated at the Red and White cafe?