Cop Punished Over Chicken Sandwich

Left Holding Bag Over Chick-Fil-A Sandwich

The controversy over Chick-Fil-A may now have impacted the Dallas Police Department. CBS 11 has learned a Dallas Police Sergeant brought a sandwich from the embattled restaurant chain to work with him last Wednesday, August 1, a day known around the country as Chick-Fil-A Appreciation Day.

When the Sergeant arrived at his post at the Southeast patrol, words were exchanged between himself and two female officers. And while it is unclear who started the argument, police have launched an investigation into the matter.

 That's pretty funny since we're all pretty much expected to take a police officer at his/her words.

A department spokesperson says the issue is not whether the sergeant brought the sandwich into the substation, but whether inappropriate comments were exchanged between him and the two female officers while on duty.

The Dallas Police Association, who represents all three of the officers, say they are getting two versions of the story, and while they are neutral on the issue, the association is frustrated by a move made by the department before the investigation was complete.

The DPA points out the two female officers happen to be homosexuals. They also point out that the sergeant was responsible for reading the evening bulletins to all officers in the Southeast patrol that evening, including information on possible crowd control issues at Chick-Fil-A’s in the area.

It would be interesting to know what really spawned this complaint.  Did the officer say something about policing the gay protests in his bulletin, or did the lesbian officers take issue with his apparent support of Chick-fil-A at a time when gays were trying to make a point out of this.

Are there any First Amendment issues involved?