The Somali club’s membership rules protected it from police interference

Evidence

The compound that housed the club was in a rented space that doubled as a unique members-only tea and coffee shop and a meeting hall. One day a Somali police sergeant, Geeleh Kaba Jeeh, was denied service because he was not a member. He was not amused and ordered the shop’s closure. At the police station he was told that since he was not a member, he could not demand service and could not order the club’s closure. — Abdi Ismail Samatar, Africa’s First Democrats, 1193