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Black Men Arrested in Philly Starbucks Settle With City for $1 and Pledge of $200,000 for Young Entrepreneurs, Settle With Starbucks for Undisclosed Amount
Updated Wednesday, May 2, 2018, 3:10 p.m. EDT: Starbucks says it has settled for a yet undisclosed amount with Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, two black men who were arrested in a Philadelphia Starbucks after a manager called the cops on them. The crime? Waiting around for their friend. “After constructive conversations, Donte Robinson, Rashon…
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Starbucks Tapped Public Policy, Racial-Justice Organizations to Help With Bias Training, but What Will Change Look Like?
After the arrest of two black men in a Philadelphia Starbucks for simply existing, the ubiquitous coffee chain immediately stepped forward, implementing swift action in a bid to combat racial bias. As part of its initiative to fight discrimination, Starbucks announced that it would close all stores nationwide on May 29 to provide more than…
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Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Calls Out Starbucks for Racism
As a member of Omega Psi Phi, I feel like I can make this joke: Members of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity held a rally at the Philadelphia Starbucks where an employee called the police on fellow Omega member Rashon Nelson for simply existing. The group organized the gathering to fight racial injustice, and if anyone…
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Blacks in Downtown Philly More Likely to Be Stopped by Police
Analysis Shows African Americans Comprise Two-Thirds of Stops Indoors Dreamer Supporters Challenge Journalism Course 3 Black Journalists Take Buyout in Cleveland Sherrie Marshall Retires as Macon Telegraph Editor ProPublica, Philly Inquirer Find Misconduct by ICE Elizabeth Vargas Jumps from ABC to A+E Networks Teachings in Racist Textbooks Reverberate Today Douglass Was Committed to Media Ownership…
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200 Words About the Ain’t-Shit Cops Who Were Called on the Black Men at Starbucks
“This is some bullshit” are the four words you’d hope a crowd of police officers—people with actual crime to fight or maybe just actual boxes of doughnuts to eat—would say when called to question and arrest two men whose only apparent crimes occurred when the Starbucks manager decided they were criminals. She literally spoke their…
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Calling the Police Could Have Been Deadly at Starbucks. It Was for This Unarmed Black Man
In 2014 a Starbucks employee in Milwaukee made a phone call to police that resulted in the fatal shooting of Dontre Hamilton. Hamilton, 31, was sleeping outside near the Starbucks when the employee called law enforcement. After what an officer said became a physical confrontation, he fired 14 shots at Hamilton, killing him. For Hamilton’s…
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‘When You Know That You Did Nothing Wrong, How Do You Really React?’: Men Arrested in Philly Starbucks Speak Out
The two men who were arrested for merely existing in a Philadelphia Starbucks are finally speaking out about their ordeal and how it left them in fear for their lives as they were forced to interact with the police over a nonissue. Rashon Nelson told the Associated Press that he originally thought nothing of it…
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Why Saying ‘One Bad Apple Doesn’t Spoil the Bunch’ About Starbucks Misses the Point Entirely
I get it. You like Starbucks. You’ve been going there for, like, ever, and you really like your veni-vidi-vici triple-fat goose macchiato latte with a splash of waterfalls and shit. I get it. The fuckery at Starbucks right now, and even the company’s decision to close down for a day to “train” its employees on…