Allowing disabled individuals to be denied access due to their medical equipment in this day and age is not tolerable. There IS a part 2 to this.
Today, my client, who was trying to purchase water, she was discriminated against at gosunoco at 6440 Myrtle Ave, (Myrtle Ave and Cypress Hills St) Ridgewood, NY for having her federally protected service dog under the ADA.
For context: The store owner refused service and ordered her to leave due to having a dog. When Bianca explained she had a legal right to be there under the ADA with her service dog, the owner said she didn’t care and insisted she leave. My client calmly said she would wait for the police. The owner then told her the dog must stand up and that she had to clean the floor because the dog would leave hair behind.
But when the officers arrived, the owner changed her story — claiming it wasn’t about the dog, but because of “drama”. Rather than protecting my client’s federal rights, the officers refused to take a discriminat...
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