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‘Fake Apology!’: Chick-fil-A Sparks Outrage After Black Officer Was Forced to Pay While White Partners Ate Free — Then Came the Excuse No One’s Buying 2025/10/15 00:00

• URL: https://web.archive.org/web/20251016202756/https://atlantablackstar.com/2025/10/15/chick-fil-a-sparks-outrage-after-black-officer-was-forced-to-pay-while-white-partners-ate-free-then-came-the-excuse-no-ones-buying/
• Posted: 2025/10/15 (date: 2025/10/15)
• Topics: Chick-fil-A US/GA/Augusta US/GA racism police
• Summary: «A Black police officer said his visit to his local Chick-fil-A left him feeling embarrassed and humiliated after his three white colleagues were all given free breakfast while he was left to pay for his meal. [..] Tracey Reid, a police officer in Clover, South Carolina, said he and his partners were all in uniform when they went to get breakfast at a Chick-fil-A in Augusta, Georgia, a few weeks ago during a work trip. [..] Reid said it’s normal for restaurant chains to offer police officers and other first responders complimentary meals as a gesture of appreciation for their service. [..] However, while they were in line, the staff members only offered free meals to Reid’s three white partners, but Reid had to pay for his food at the register. [..] “We came in together, same uniform, stood in line, there was never a time we were not together while standing in line,” Reid’s colleague, Clover Police Sgt. J. Gordon, told WSOC-TV.»

• source: Atlanta Black Star
• author: Yasmeen F. (profile)