So, what's the tolerance limit on lingering in a private place of business? Are you entitled to stay at a cafe occupying a table for as long you want if you haven't bought anything there? How long can you occupy a table browsing Internet after buying a $2 cup of coffee? Should Starbucks charge something for the time you stay at a table in addition to charging you for coffee? These are all legitimate questions that everyone is ignoring while focusing on the race of these two guys instead.
My friend used to own a downtown cafe. On the opening day, a homeless guy showed up and wished my friend good luck. He gave him a free bowl of soup. Next day, he brought others. I came to visit the cafe in a few days, there were five homeless guys sitting inside and occupying a table. No other customers were around. People would come in, look at that table and just leave. My friend asked them to leave, they started shouting and attacked him. Police officer stopped by and said "yeah, that's a problem downtown, not much we can do"...
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