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Bar owner is arrested after St. Louis police officer crashes into his business (www.seattletimes.com)
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Sorry folks, this didn't look paywalled for me when I posted it.

Links others have provided:

https://archive.md/EwTss

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/20/gay-bar-pm-st-louis-police-crash-owner-arrest/71986781007/

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[-] fpslem@lemmy.world 116 points 11 months ago

Non-paywalled article here:

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2023/12/20/gay-bar-pm-st-louis-police-crash-owner-arrest/71986781007/

Officers arrested one of the bar's owners because he refused to show them ID? The officers just crashed into his bar in the middle of the night, he gets out of bed to see what that loud noise was, and they arrest him because he won't show them ID? In Missouri police can only ask to see ID if there is a reasonable suspicion of some wrongdoing, and I can't see that a building owner is doing anything wrong when he checks on the probationary cops that just plowed into his building because they suck at driving or were driving too fast.

[-] Big_Boss_77@kbin.social 41 points 11 months ago

Owning a building/business while gay is a felony in Missouri...

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago

Oh shit, is the bar owner gay? I live in Missouri, on the opposite end of the state, and there's a gay couple that own a really popular bar in town.

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 11 points 11 months ago

The business they smashed into is an LGBT bar

[-] FarraigePlaisteach@kbin.social 13 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

I’ve been seriously thinking of building an LGBT bar. Does anyone know where I can purchase gay bricks?

[-] bobs_monkey@lemm.ee 7 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)
[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 11 months ago

Man it’s so cheap to live in WV. Too bad it’s in WV.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 11 months ago

Gay bricks are made from gay clay, so they say

[-] Zahille7@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Wanna sit by the bay and eat some hay? I just may. What do ya say?

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