Protests have been held across the country.
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The woman manager who called the police has either left the store or the company, according to various news reports. “Baristas were usually told to ask them to leave because Holly was so uncomfortable confronting them”. They said no. At 4:37 p.m., the manager called 911, the emergency number in the US. While they waited, Robinson attempted to use the restroom, but an employee who said only paying customers were allowed to do so denied the request.
The 23-year-old Philadelphia entrepreneurs, who said they feared for their lives during the arrest, had not been publicly identified until Thursday and were not charged with a crime. The officers asked them to leave the store, but they again refused.
“As soon as they approached us, they just said we had to leave”, Nelson said during an interview with GMA.
As he was taken to jail, Robinson said he thought about his loved ones and how his day had quickly taken an unexpected turn. Nelson wondered if he’d make it home alive.
“So you know, take this opportunity as a stepping stone to really stand up and show your greatness”, Nelson added.
Yaffe showed up as the men were being handcuffed.
Immediately after the Starbucks incident, Commissioner Richard Ross had originally said the responding police officers “did absolutely nothing wrong” and were following “policy” in a Facebook video.
Ross said the arresting officer is mortified and was put into an unfortunate circumstance. Ross said he made the situation worse and “failed miserably” in his message around the arrests. Speaking to TechBook Saturday, April 14, she said a corporate policy exclusive to Center City Philadelphia prohibits loitering and that managers have the discretion to call police if it that policy is violated. The men, one of which has been identified as Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Inc., member Rashon Nelson, were later released.
A lawyer working for the two men accused police of illegally profiling them. “We’re days away from changing our whole entire situation, our lives”.
We can dress in Marciano, style our hair after the Europeans and be mindful who we’re saying “n***a” around, we’re still going to have our own Starbucks stories and anticipate ththat ere will be more to come.
Ross said he has spoken to Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson, but have not talked to Nelson and Robinson. He said the incident had resulted in a “reprehensible outcome”.
“So you are aware, Starbucks was on a decent track until they enlisted the Anti-Defamation League to build their anti-bias training”. Nelson and Robinson did not resist arrest. They were what would some deem to be respectable Black men – and even if they had differently, it wouldn’t have warranted the racist treatment they received.
If the custom and policy is applied differently toward African-Americans, then this would clearly be in violation of federal, state and local discrimination and public access laws.
“One employee in Philadelphia calls the cops on a pair of black men, and employees across the nation are. assumed to be latent racists”, said host Laura Ingraham on “The Ingraham Angle” on Fox News on Wednesday night. He also added, “I fully acknowledge that I played a significant role in making worse”.
But when a video of the event went viral – that’s when all of this really got messy.
“We do want a seat at the table”, Robinson told the AP. Ashley Thompson was the editor.
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Now we’ve all seen the videos of police confrontations that have gone horribly wrong, and this incident could have been no different.
