The Catholic Church takes cops to dinner by exempting them from religious duties. The Justice Department takes cops to dinner with laws giving them the right to do almost anything. The Defense Department takes cops to dinner by releasing them from all military obligations. Establishment newspapers take cops to dinner by propagating the image of the friendly, uncorrupt, neighborhood policeman. Places of entertainment take cops to dinner with free drinks, and admission to shows.
Merchants take cops to dinner with discounts and gifts.
Neighborhood Committees and Social Organizations take cops to dinner with free discussions offering discriminating insights into hipsterism, black militancy, and drug culture. Cops take cops to dinner by granting them immunity to prosecution for misdemeanors and anything else they can get away with. Cops take themselves to dinner by inciting riots. And so, if you own anything or you don't take a cop to dinner this week and feed his power to judge, prosecute and brutalize the streets of your city. Gourmet George Metesky would remind everyone not to make the mistake of Arnold Schuster, who served the right course at the wrong time.