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If conditions weren’t bad enough for police officers, who have targets on their backs following the Black Lives Matter riots and the ensuing media coverage vilifying cops, they now have to be leery even when eating a meal.
Three NYPD police officers were taken to the hospital Monday night when they fell ill after drinking milkshakes at a Manhattan Shake Shack that may have been tainted with bleach, the New York Daily News reported.
The officers stopped for a meal at the burger chain’s location at about 8:30 p.m. and noticed their shakes tasted strange, the Daily News reported, citing police sources.
One of the cops noticed a “clump of something” in one of the cups, and a second cop smelled bleach before all three fell ill, sources said. After being held for observation, all three were eventually released from the hospital according to the spokeswoman.
NYPD launched an immediate investigation, questioning workers at the restaurant, The newspaper reported that three Shake Shack workers were escorted into an NYPD van from the 42nd Precinct. The woman and two men were not in handcuffs.
“They were looking in all the garbage cans and then a lot of cops went into Shake Shack. I thought they were looking for guns or drugs, some sort of evidence,” an MTA cleaner, told the Daily News. “This is the first time anything like this has happened.”
Shake Shake said in a tweet that they are “horrified” over the incident.
“We are horrified by the reports of police officers injured at our 200 Broadway Shack in Manhattan. We are working with the police in their investigation right now,” read a tweet from the company.
We are horrified by the reports of police officers injured at our 200 Broadway Shack in Manhattan. We are working with the police in their investigation right now.
— SHAKE SHACK (@shakeshack) June 16, 2020
In a tweet posted at 4 a.m. Tuesday, NYPD Detective Chief Rodney Harrison said it had been determined that there was “no criminality” involved in the incident — the chief did not offer any further explanation.
“After a thorough investigation by the NYPD’s Manhattan South investigators, it has been determined that there was no criminality by shake shack’s employees,” Harrison tweeted.
After a thorough investigation by the NYPD’s Manhattan South investigators, it has been determined that there was no criminality by shake shack’s employees.
— Chief Rodney Harrison (@NYPDDetectives) June 16, 2020
The Police Benevolent Association of the City of New York, which represents more than 50,000 active and retired police officers, suggested in an earlier tweet that the incident was deliberate.
“When NYC police officers cannot even take meal without coming under attack, it is clear that environment in which we work has deteriorated to a critical level. We cannot afford to let our guard down for even a moment,” the NYC PBA tweeted.
#BREAKING When NYC police officers cannot even take meal without coming under attack, it is clear that environment in which we work has deteriorated to a critical level. We cannot afford to let our guard down for even a moment. pic.twitter.com/fbMMDOKqbV
— NYC PBA (@NYCPBA) June 16, 2020
A quick sampling of some of the vile responses to the story gives an indication of the troubling conditions police officers are enduring with the media pushing a narrative that racially driven police brutality is rampant in America — statistics do not support the claim.
shake shack should switch to clump-free bleach in their products
— immortal📉wertkritik (@as_a_worker) June 16, 2020
😂 they always lying
— T (@ItsMysteryTea) June 16, 2020
Reeks of a setup.
— kingdomcome3914 (@DestinationMii) June 16, 2020
They will get my business from now on
— Jake (@Jake9537) June 16, 2020
omg are the milkshakes ok
— human perry the platypus ⁷ 𖧵 (@fagsoobin) June 16, 2020
They were just trying to protect them from covid
— Quin Cameron (@QuinCameron1) June 16, 2020
The police created that environment through racial terrorism, anti-black violence and barbarism.
— Cecile Fatima (@cecile_fatima) June 16, 2020
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The longest-tenured writer at BizPac Review, Tom grew up in Maryland before moving to Central Florida as a young teen. It is in the Sunshine State that he honed both his passion for politics and his writing skills.
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