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In reply to the discussion: So... **TWO** GODDAMNED MINUTES?? [View all]tblue37
(68,444 posts)118. Her black co-workers say she harassed them (the co-workers) and that she had also thrown other
black customers out in the past.
IOW, her bigotry was not a secret. But this time there was video, posted by a white woman, as well as a white friend who arrived during the arrest, and a bunch of outraged white customers as witnesses. Otherwise, it would have been ignored, just as her bigoted behavior had been ignored all along.
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Police have no choice. If owner wants you off property they have to oblige
MaryMagdaline
Apr 2018
#11
Police have a responsibility to assess the situation and ask relevant Witnesses
uponit7771
Apr 2018
#44
the police have a choice in making the arrest which in this case was without probable cause.
MaryMagdaline
Apr 2018
#99
They can't remove the person unless they are actually trespassing, regardless what the owner/manager
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#106
The Philly police should look bad. That Police Commissioner should be ashamed...
Anon-C
Apr 2018
#45
I can only hope this is the event that opens up the long-needed national discussion.
Boomerproud
Apr 2018
#7
Something was very wrong with that manager. She is obviously a hateful racist bigot.
OregonBlue
Apr 2018
#10
Her black co-workers say she harassed them (the co-workers) and that she had also thrown other
tblue37
Apr 2018
#118
It makes me so mad and so sad. I am shocked to discover how many hateful bigots there are in America
OregonBlue
Apr 2018
#88
I agree. While I never go to Starbucks, but only because of personal preference,
Stonepounder
Apr 2018
#51
It wasn't isolated, this is sad really I think Starbucks is a company that tries
uponit7771
Apr 2018
#92
The manager probably mistook them for someone else that had been there awhile
Blue_Adept
Apr 2018
#42
that's them? are you sure there weren't some crips or bloods standing behind them?
kaotikross
Apr 2018
#50
Even if it was five minutes or ten minutes, that manager wasn't aware of Starbucks' policy....
George II
Apr 2018
#57
Sigh. You haven't encountered the people who smash toilets and paint the walls with shit.
hunter
Apr 2018
#83
Yea I get it and feel bad for the small owner but Starbucks is a big boy and can handle vandals
Pepsidog
Apr 2018
#85
Not only that, here in Canada, one cannot use Starbucks restroom if you are
akbacchus_BC
Apr 2018
#122
The friend they were meeting told cops theyd go somewhere else, cops said No, too late
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#78
Like dog years differ from human ones, evidently racist minutes are different from regular ones.
betsuni
Apr 2018
#90
A perfect illustration of why cops don't "have to" arrest people just because the manager says so
EffieBlack
Apr 2018
#112