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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks thing... [View all]Lurker Deluxe
(1,043 posts)But ....
If you are somewhere and asked to leave and refuse ... they then proceed to call the cops, for whatever reason you are thickheaded enough to wait for the cops to show up. The cops show up and ask you to leave and again you refuse to leave.
At this point it makes no difference who is right and who is wrong, you will be removed. Once the cops have to physically perform this action they are going to arrest you.
There is no film before the arrest, no witness account before the short arrest video. The police could have asked them to leave for 15 minutes before making the arrest. We do not know. Simple fact is this, if the police are called because a business does not want you in their establishment, the police will remove you. If any use of force will be needed you WILL be arrested, or you can just walk out. The police are not there to determine if you should be allowed to stay there, that is not their job.
In the short video it appears the police are doing their job and did so with no excessive use of force, used no abusive language, maintained calm, and did not escalate when they were being questioned by observers. Pretty much textbook arrests.