‘Buy-cott’ boosts Memphis pizza shop after owner refuses to serve national guard
The city rallied behind Tamboli’s despite online boycott calls, as frustration grows over the Trump administration’s federal taskforce following multiple deathsYou can measure the disconnect between angry Internet commentariat and real life Memphis residents by the length of the wait for a table at Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza.In early July, Miles Tamboli, the owner of the midtown pizza spot, made a decision: he would not serve the national guard deployed to the city by the Trump administration, which the US president claimed would reduce the city’s crime rate. Tamboli’s video announcement came days after troops killed two city residents, bringing the total to four since the initiative started in September.
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- The city rallied behind Tamboli’s despite online boycott calls, as frustration grows over the Trump administration’s federal taskforce following multiple deathsYou can measure the disconnect between angry Internet commentariat and real life Memphis residents by the length of the wait for a table at Tamboli’s Pasta & Pizza.In early July, Miles Tamboli, the owner of the midtown pizza spot, made a decision: he would not serve the national guard deployed to the city by the Trump administration, which the US president claimed would reduce the city’s crime rate. Tamboli’s video announcement came days after troops killed two city residents, bringing the total to four since the initiative started in September.
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‘Buy-cott’ boosts Memphis pizza shop after owner refuses to serve national guard
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