By Dakota Jacobowitz
(Photo in report by Kristina Chew)
Life with Dogs
reported that an Albuquerque Hooters restaurant refused to serve Justin Jordan,
an Air Force Master Sergeant that suffers from Post Traumatic Stress
Syndrome. Service dog, Dallas, assists
Jordan with going out into the public.
Although, Jordan showed proof that Dallas was a service dog, the
restaurant manager called the police to remove Jordan and Dallas from the
restaurant. After the police sided with
Jordan, the restaurant manager would not serve him. According to the New Have Register, Air Force
veteran Kim Mucha was told that she would be arrested for trespassing if she
returns to the Big Y Supermarket in North Haven, CT, after her service dog,
Ivy, defecated. Mucha noted that she
immediately cleaned up after Ivy.
WSBTV reports
that on July 12, Jennifer Schwenker, a mother of two autistic boys was punched in
her face by the off duty manager, Tiffany Denise Allen, in Marietta,
Georgia. Why? Because Jennifer Schwenker, had brought her twin boys and their service
dog, Barkley, to the McDonalds. As the
Schwenker family was about to leave the McDonalds restaurant, Allen told them
that the dog was not allowed in McDonalds.
Schwenker explained that Barkley was a service dog for her two children
and offered to show a permit. Allen
followed Schwenker and her family to the restroom. When Schwenker was leaving, she lost sight of
one of her sons and panicked. During her
panic, she dropped her drink, splashing Allen.
This sent Allen into a rage, causing her to run out to Schwenker, in a
rage, and punch her in the face.
Under federal law, service dogs are allowed in public places
such as restaurants.
Said WSBTV:
Marietta police Detective Gwen Lewis told Davis that she has
never seen anything like it.Schwenker did not want to speak to Davis about the
incident, but her husband said they are talking to a lawyer. Allen is charged with battery assault and
disorderly conduct. The owners of the store said they are “fully cooperating
with the police department in their investigation” and have terminated Allen,
who has also been issued an arrest warrant.
Allen’s behavior was certainly extreme. Unfortunately, she’s
not the only one who has — in contradiction to the Americans
With Disabilities Act (ADA) — said that service dogs are not allowed
in restaurants, grocery stores and other places.
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