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Sign on the Blue Line

After the recent murder of five police officers in Dallas, Texas, tensions had been high in Homestead, Pa. That played out at the Eat N’ Park restaurant, where a group of local police officers were having dinner. A couple “goes to sit down and the guy looks over at one of the police officers and was like, ‘Nah I don’t want to sit here’,” employee Jesse Meyers said. “So they got moved completely opposite, away from the police officers.” But the couple got a surprise when their bill came: it had been paid in full, and there was a note on it. “Sir, your check was paid for by the police officers that you didn’t want to sit next to,” one of the officers wrote. “Thank you for your support. I left a $10.00 tip, too.” (MS/WTAE Pittsburgh) ...Sometimes the checkbook is mightier than the sidearm.