The boycott was triggered last Sunday when a worker at a Dunkin’ Donuts/Baskin-Robbins in Bedford-Stuyvesant refused to scoop ice cream for two 73rd Precinct detectives — allegedly because they were cops.
Police union heads called for a boycott of the national chain, and the movement has since percolated throughout the department.
A manager at the Brooklyn franchise apologized
, but parent company Dunkin’ Brands claimed the store’s confusing layout led the cops to order at a closed register — an explanation that police unions have called “an insult,” the
New York Post
reports.