Now that the dust has settled here's how things seem to have played out:
Two black guys enter starbucks and are waiting to meet someone about a real estate deal, they sit unmolested.
They ask to use the restroom, starbucks official policy is that washrooms are for paying customers only, so they can make a purchase or leave the store.
The two men refuse to make a purchase or leave, employees warn them they will call police, they still refuse and police are called.
Police politely ask them 3 times to leave, because they are trespassing. They refuse to leave and mock the police for having low paying jobs.
Police arrest them, hold them for 9 hours, during this period starbucks drops charges and they go free.
Media runs with "Can you believe what happened to these two blackmen who did nothing wrong?" narrative. Huge swathes of people are outraged.
Starbucks CEO (who is hugely progressive and was the driving force behind the well intentioned, but poorly conceived #racetogether fiasco) and the Philadelphia police commissioner (who is black) have to make public apologies for the incident
Sounds like two rich dicks pointlessly escalated a situation because they wanted a free bathroom and couldn't be bothered to buy a $3 coffee. The whole thing is so damn silly, could the media not find a better example of discrimination to blow up?
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