Cop says: Starbucks put a tampon in my frapuccino!

[mainer]

There's so much wrong with this story. First, it doesn't look like a tampon. Second, the cop was in plain clothes so the barista couldn't have known he was a cop. Third, it happened in a Starbucks in Target, where everything's done right out in the open.

FOX 11's report states that the Frappuccino in question was made at a Starbucks licensee location inside a Target and that the off-duty LAPD officer used his police union credit card to pay for the beverage. A spokesperson for the Los Angeles Police Protective League told Fox 11 in a statement: “This disgusting assault on a police officer was carried out by someone with hatred in their heart and who lacks human decency. We hope they are publicly exposed, fired, arrested, and prosecuted for their cowardly and repugnant actions.” The police officer who allegedly received this Frappuccino surprise reportedly “angrily went back inside to confront the staff once he made the discovery, and gave the cup back at some point.” For those worried about this incident and the threat of others like it around the country, the surveillance footage is being reviewed by the police department.

While I trust that the surveillance footage will reveal no untoward activity, placing any trust in the police’s ability to not self-victimize is a fool’s errand.
Also, I am intimately familiar with tampons and their mechanics; nothing about this looked like a tampon. Surely the police officer is lying, but who can really say? I had to seek the truth.

The substance found in the Frappuccino does not resemble any sort of tampon that I’ve ever used or seen in the wild. It’s long, it’s clumpy, and if you look at it quickly, resembles a cat hairball or maybe some paper towels. A tampon doesn’t expand lengthwise and if it did, the shape would be uniform and not lumpen and irregular, as this item is. Tampons expand widthwise to accommodate a wide variety of body shapes and types. Everyone’s vagina is different, but a tampon that resembled housing insulation or a long clot of cotton batting would be entirely ineffective. But even though I knew in my heart that this was absolute bullshit, I had to see it through for myself, for journalism, and for justice. Here is my investigation.

https://jezebel.com/is-this-a-tampon-in-a-frappucino-or-nah-1844134224

UPDATE: the surveillance footage at Starbucks shows no suspicious behavior. Now it looks like the cop put it in his drink himself.

[struggle4progress]

1. And that's today's episode of "I wannabe famous for 15 minutes." Be sure to tune in tomorrow

[Jirel]

7. It'll probably be more than 15 minutes when it's all said and done.

When he gets caught on video putting whatever-it-is in his own drink, there will be many laughs at his expense.

[marble falls]

8. I think the tapes will put the lie to him in less than five.

[Jirel]

11. Pretty much.

But it'll be a lot longer while the cops then fight to not have the video disclosed so everyone can see the shame of a cop trying to play victim and frame an innocent Starbucks employee.

[ProfessorGAC]

2. I'm Sure This Happened!

Did I forget "did not" in my title?

[janterry]

3. I don't know, but it looks

like a feminine product to me.

And, of course, the story says he used his police credit union debit card.

ETA: I don't ever read Jezebel - but what a worthless 'investigative article'

Tampons are ALSO long. Depends on the brand. People should not publish articles like that.

[jayfish]

5. Hasn't Every One Of These Starbucks' Employee V. The Police...

vignettes turned out to be a load of shit coming from the police?

[janterry]

6. It might be, I never know until all the facts are out

I posted that macy's update earlier today. I was pretty surprised that the young men turned out to have attacked the employee without provocation.

Weird world we live in.

[mainer]

12. More investigations: tampon? No.

https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ep4vek/did-a-barista-put-a-tampon-in-a-cops-frappuccino-an-investigation

[msongs]

4. police never lie of course nt

[LizBeth]

9. Looks like a tampon to me. Sterile and clean anyway, just a bunch of cotton.

I do nto trust cops. They lie. Trump lies, so I do not trust him either. Just commenting on the tampon alone, from the picture.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

10. Cops lie. Also, that is not how tampons work.

[mainer]

13. UPDATE: Surveillance footage shows no suspicious behavior

The cop lied. And he actually filed an official complaint, so he's in big trouble now.

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