A coffee shop owner in Boise, Idaho just won a $4 million judgment against Boise State University. She had claimed that the school forced her to close the shop after a controversy erupted over her support for police.
Sarah Fendley opened Big City Coffee on the campus of Boise State in 2020. In the window of her store was a small “thin blue line” sticker to symbolize her support for police officers. Students noticed the sticker and one wrote a message on her Snapchat account asking fellow students not to visit. Fendley was sent a copy of the message and decided to address it directly on social media.
“I remember feeling defeated,” Fendley testified on Thursday. “I said, ‘OK, I’m going to address it.’ I always address these things when they come up.”
In her post, Fendley talked about what the thin blue line means to her and shared details about the shooting that left…