Justice Brews for Café Owner as She’s Awarded $4 Million After Being Kicked Off Boise State Campus for Pro-Cop Flags

She argued she was forced to flee after accusations of bias from the student body.

Courtesy of Sarah Jo Fendly
Sarah Jo Fendly, owner of Big City Coffee in Boise, Idaho, was punished for displaying "thin blue line" flags. Courtesy of Sarah Jo Fendly

A coffee shop owner who set up a storefront at Boise State University only to be booted off campus a few weeks later over pro-police flags was awarded $4 million for damages against her business.

The owner of Big City Coffee, Sarah Jo Fendly, won a settlement against the university after filing a $10 million tort claim insisting her contract to open a shop on campus was taken away over backlash from the student body for displaying a “thin blue line” flag within her shop.

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