A Chinese restaurant owner broke down sobbing after he learned that his son had mistakenly told a group of Washington sheriff’s deputies that law enforcement officers were not welcome.
The misunderstanding happened Thursday, when four Skagit County sheriff’s deputies stopped into Lucky Teriyaki restaurant in Sedro-Woolley, reported KIRO-TV.
The deputies said the owner asked them to leave as two of them were paying their bill, saying they were no longer welcome there because they upset other customers.
The chief deputy said the owner later confirmed the account by phone, and Sheriff Will Reichart then called for a boycott in a Facebook post.
“The owner not only repeated the request but asked that we spread the word to other law enforcement that they were no longer welcome either,” Reichart posted. “I understand a business owner has a right to refuse service if he wants to. I also understand that as customers we all have the right to find some other restaurant to take our lunch break in.”
The social media post was widely shared, and the restaurant owners said they’ve received death threats and other harassing phone calls since the sheriff posted his complaint.
But it all may be based on a miscommunication.
KIRO-TV sent a reporter to the restaurant after the sheriff’s Facebook post went viral, and he noticed the owner didn’t seem to understand his questions very well.
So he put the man in touch with another reporter who speaks Mandarin, and the owner wept when he found out what had happened.
He explained through the interpreter that the deputies had been seated near another group who spilled soup and water, and they appeared to be agitated and argumentative.
The son was concerned the deputies had made the other customers uncomfortable, and he asked them in broken English if they were about to leave when they paid their check.
“Police not welcome here,” the son told the deputies.
Natasha Chen, the Mandarin-speaking reporter, asked the owner and his son if they understood that another deputy had tried to clarify what had happened.
The son said he didn’t understand the questions, and may have just answered “yeah” to all of them.
The owner, Xuechuang Li, said they simply replied “okay” when angry callers deluged them with complaints and threats.
The sheriff posted an update Friday afternoon on the department’s Facebook page, saying he had spoken to the owner and his son about the miscommunication.
“They apologized for the incident that made news yesterday, and expressed their desire to accept everyone to their business, including law enforcement officers associated with all offices and departments,” the sheriff said. “I told both father and son that I was appreciative and grateful for their willingness to once again welcome everyone to visit their restaurant. And that it was my hope that this matter can quickly be put behind us all.”
The sheriff thanked everyone “who expressed support for law enforcement” and asked them to “accept that this matter has been resolved to our satisfaction.”
Someone commenting under the department’s log-in dismissed the possibility in a previous posting that the owner’s son didn’t understand what he was saying.
Li and his son are offering free food Monday to law enforcement officers in hopes of straightening out the misunderstanding.
“Yeah, I want police coming,” the son said.
“He means welcome for police officers to come over here,” Li said.
Watch this video report posted online by KIRO-TV:
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So the pigs and/or their supporters are issuing death threats (which are against the law) in support of “law enforcement.” Big surprise.
Since the pigs obviously don’t care about the laws that protect individual rights — which happen to be the only laws that really matter — what are the pigs being paid for? (I know, I know…it’s a rhetorical question.)
DONT SQUALL WUSSY……… YOU DO HAVE A GUN…….. RIGHT???????????????????????????????????????????????
So instead of respecting the business owner’s Freedom of Association (or in this case, dis-association) about who or what he feels necessary to successfully run his business, the head-cop borrows a page from Jesse Jackson(elephant dung be upon him)’s playbook and publicly calls for an economic boycott of an otherwise law-abiding citizen’s business. “No Muslims Allowed in this Firearms store” , “No Guns Allowed In This Restaurant”, “No Whited Allowed In This Safe Space”, but don’t you DARE discriminate against the badged thugs. “Nice place you have here Mr. Chin, be a shame if something happened to it…”
I would charge the restaurant with using msg and gutter oil before these phony baloney charges.
I mean …a Chinese dude with a Japanese teriyaki name with mexican cooks.
First off.
If it was traditional Japanese it would be called.
“Lucky Teliyaki”.
Cause there’s no “R” in Japanese.
I ain’t fallin for that sht.
I wanna see some real Japanese and Chinese mthrfkrs cooking my exotic foreign meal.
Well I’m not a frightened chink, and you’re still NOT welcome here, you stinking pig bastard.
It is their business, they can tell anyone they are not wanted. End discussion
“The social media post was widely shared, and the restaurant owners said they’ve received death threats and other harassing phone calls since the sheriff posted his complaint.”
Likely from pigs, but any that weren’t, were made by @sswipe pig lovers that will hopefully get smoked soon by those same pigs they admire so much.