Half Shell Oyster House owner Kevin Fish explains how his business is showing support for first responders.
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Will over to you
will all right thanks PETE
after a devastating week for
police in the capital, Americans
across the country are coming
together for national law
enforcement appreciation day
one of the proud supporters
showing his thanks is the vice
president of half Shell Oyster
house, a restaurant chain in
Mississippi.
His name is Kevin FISH and he
joins us now.
Good morning, Kevin I dont
know if the word is wonderful
but appropriate timing to have
national law enforcement
appreciation day just a few days
after, of course, we lost Brian
Sicknick at the capitol on
Wednesday.
Tell me why its important to
your restaurant chain to honor
officers and tell us exactly how
you are doing so
good morning PETE.
Well, I will tell you this whole
thing started nine months ago,
really, when I was sitting and
having lunch one day, a little
place down the road at the half
shell, with my fiance recalling
watching on tv, and there was one
of the mayors of the one of the
big cities. I cant tell you if
it was Seattle or Washington,
D, dot c, and they were going through
the demonizing. The police thing-
and we were just appalled at it
to be honest with you and we
started of thinking. What can we
do?
My fiancee? Her name is Carrie
COLT.
She had just recently finished a
fundraiser to raise money to put
bullet proof vests on all of the
police dogs in the sheriffs
canine unit and thats the kind
of people we are and the way we
think
we bantered some things around
and never came to anything
and then about two weeks ago, my
trusty assistant, who is holding
the phone thats recording this
Kelsey Griffin. She came to me
and said: hey two weeks from now
its national law enforcement
appreciation day.
Okay.
This is great.
This is our opportunity.
So we talked to my partners and
I talked to my director of
operations. His name is Deanna.
Member ran dough. His father is
a thirty year police officer in New
York and unanimously we decided
to go ahead and make this
happen.
What a positive message
Kevin. I dont like to
disappoint people so early on a
Saturday 630
you are talking to will not
PETE.
Sorry
will thats all right.
I can only see the back side
of the camera
will. I know you cant see me
right now.
Before we go, we only have a
little bit of time left
awesome what you are doing at
the oyster house. There
officers are invited to come in
and have a free meal.
What do you think is so
important about law enforcement
and why they should be honored
really quickly, please
these are good people,
they are just like you and me.
There are bad people in every
profession. There is
what happened in Minnesota was
definitely wrong,
but these are good people
and when there is somebody
outside your front door and they
have a gun well, I go get my
gun,
but most people you are going to
call the police
thats what you do
and they come and put their life
on the line for you.
So I think that we should do a
lot better. Job of appreciate
them than we have been doing in
this country lately
will to tie in the story. We
came in before talking to you
the thing that barstool sports
is doing to help small
businesses out and then, in turn
to small business, help out law
enforcement. This is what America
is about
on a rough week. What a positive
message,
what an important highlight of
who we are Kevin.
Thank you for doing that,
highlighting who we are this
week.
We appreciate your time and what
you are doing.
Transcript generated on 2021-01-09.