An Atlanta gym owner is standing behind his "no cops" policy.
Jim Chambers, owner of the EAV Barbell Club, has come under fire for posting a sign barring cops from his gym, according to a report.
Chambers says the gym will never need help from police.
EAV Barbell Club's "No Cop" policy is no longer plastered on the front door. Stay on top of breaking news stories with the ABC11 News AppChambers has since taken the sign down but said it is all a political statement. "No fucking cops", the sign reads. But the sign would be re-posted despite its controversial message.
Chambers said law enforcement agents were not allowed in his business because their presence made his minority clientele uncomfortable.
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"I didn't want the other folks there to take the heat that I'm willing to take", Chambers explained to 11 Alive. He says he's a military veteran and was offended when he saw it outside the East Atlanta Village gym.
Chambers said he's taken the sign down due to its vulgarity, but plans to replace it with a clean version.
That being said Chambers has removed the sign.for now, although he intends to put it back up, without the curse word.
Chambers, who grew up in Brooklyn, New York, and describes himself politically as "somewhere between an eco-anarchist and a Marxist-Leninist", said he would not call the police in any circumstances. Whether or not the sign breaks any laws is something a court would have to decide, but police officers are not a protected class under the law.
The Atlanta Police Department told the station that the policy wouldn't prevent them from responding to an emergency at the gym.
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