Posted on 04/19/2018 6:30:42 AM PDT by governsleastgovernsbest
Wanna bet?
On Good Morning America today, Robin Robert said that when she asked the lawyer for the two men arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks whether they were planning to sue Starbucks or the City of Philadelphia, he replied:
“That’s not what they’re thinking about at this time. That they want to be a part of the process. Remember Kevin Johnson, the CEO, said that they wanted those gentlemen to be part of the process. They say they’re still working that out.”
But here was the real tell:
“They’re going to allow us, GMA, to follow along and follow up with them and see how that process plays out.”
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Men arrested in Philly Starbucks not “thinking about” lawsuit.
Rightttt. They’re just going to allow ABC News cameras to follow them during process with Starbucks to put max pressure on company.
Ping to Liberal Media Criticism list.
They want their money before the lawsuit...............
Exactamundo.
Only in Post Obama’s America can a criminal be the victim
They were asked to leave, they refused, cops made them leave.
It should not be any more complicated then that.
Establishments like these in urban or dense areas usually have signs that read bathrooms and seating are for paying customers only.
All they needed to do was buy a cup of Joe, granted it would be a $7 cup of Joe, but that is the price of admittance
On what grounds would they sue? Being repeatedly asked to leave a private business, refusing to leave, and police called? I suppose they’ll find a liberal judge or jury, that will award them millions, for their emotional scars.
What a world we live in!
Yeah, not a tedious lawsuit, just a payday to disappear.
Starbucks will fold like a cheap tent.....and that will set a precedent.
Were they actually arrested? I read they were “let go” after they were “lead out” of starbucks.
That’s because they have already settled
Cat fight!
Might get expensive for SB.
Guess they will have to raise their prices to $10 a cup?
Sharpton/Jackson smell blood in the water.
They could not win in a real lawsuit. The first judge and jury would give them everything and multiply it and then it would lose on appeal. The left would “win” on the publicity but nothing materially. Alternatively the Starbucks CEO might cave at the first Decision and pay out whatever is awarded or he might settle in order to assuage his customer base. It won’t work. If he does, and I would give 50-50 that he does, it will only invite a flurry of staged incidents and lawsuits with that first one as the precedent. Starbucks is ultimately finished.
I typed in RAt but it came out CAT.
Grrr.
I’ve been refused a key to the mens room because I’m not buying anything. But I’m white so I guess it’s ok.
i.e. these guys have no chance unless they can prove it was because of their race and this was ONLY done to black people and ALL black people that had not purchased anything.
This is strictly a race baiting publicity thing that can be tried in the court of opinion, not a real courtroom.
And I don’t think it’s working. The race card reached its limit before Trump became president, but they keep trying to use it. Someone needs to cut it up.
They were ‘detained’. Like you say...then let go. In Philly, I’ll bet 40,000 people a year are detained, and then let go....no charges.
Based on what was said by Starbucks....what could you even charge them on? They didn’t steal anything. They didn’t threaten anyone. No drugs. No alcohol. No yelling. No assault. They didn’t even jay-walk.
Probably because a lawyer explained they have absolutely no standing: you’re told to leave private property, you leave; police tell you to leave, you leave; you stay after that, you get arrested.
If anything, Starbucks has grounds for a civil case against them due to the articulable damages (lost income) directly caused by their criminal trespass (via subsequent publicity).
That is what I thought. All the local news are leading with “ black men arrested”
“what could you even charge them on?”
Criminal trespass.
Owner (or agent thereof) tells you to leave the property, you leave the property.
That it escalated to police detaining them for removal shows absolute intent to violate trespass laws.
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