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Black campaigner accuses white co-owner of woke DEI firm - that charged $10k for presentations - of RACISM in battle to control business they set up after becoming famous for witnessing viral video of black men being arrested in Starbucks
UK Daily Mail ^ | May 18 2023 | EMMA JAMES

Posted on 05/18/2023 12:08:35 AM PDT by knighthawk

Race campaigners who set up a woke DEI organization together after witnessing a racist incident in a Starbucks parted ways after threatening to take legal action against each other.

Michelle Saahene and Melissa DePino watched as police arrested two black businessmen who asked to use the restroom of the coffee store in Philadelphia and filmed the interaction in 2018.

A white barista called the police and the men were led away in handcuffs. The incident sparked a change in Starbucks' bathroom police and also got the men an undisclosed fee in a settlement.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


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1 posted on 05/18/2023 12:08:35 AM PDT by knighthawk
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To: knighthawk

BTTT


2 posted on 05/18/2023 12:23:42 AM PDT by nopardons
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To: knighthawk

Two grifters can’t agree how to split the loot.


3 posted on 05/18/2023 12:27:40 AM PDT by Larry Lucido (Donate! Don't just post clickbait!)
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To: knighthawk

it is so much fun to these ultra woke morons turn on each other

its like watching a snake eat its tail


4 posted on 05/18/2023 12:31:11 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: knighthawk

watch the second video

its hilarious

they wouldnt give the bathroom code to the black guy without purchase

and then gave it to a white guy who had not made a purchase

too funny


5 posted on 05/18/2023 12:42:50 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: knighthawk
"Ebony and Ivory"

6 posted on 05/18/2023 12:48:30 AM PDT by Governor Dinwiddie (LORD, grant thy people grace to withstand the temptations of the world, the flesh, and the devil.)
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To: knighthawk

IIRC, the two men never asked to use the bathroom. They only sat at a table to wait for another man to show up. That other man showed up when police were arresting them.

And these two women decided to make a fortune off the men’s arrest, just because they happened to be sitting there? People actually paid these women $10,000 to speak? LOL


7 posted on 05/18/2023 1:01:17 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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OK, maybe they did ask to use the restroom, but the rest of my post should be correct.


8 posted on 05/18/2023 1:03:19 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: knighthawk
'Every great cause begins as a movement, becomes a business, and eventually degenerates into a racket.'

Eric Hoffer

9 posted on 05/18/2023 1:32:18 AM PDT by Chad C. Mulligan
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To: knighthawk

Marijuana safe?


10 posted on 05/18/2023 1:48:25 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Tired of Taxes

Arresting for whst crime?


11 posted on 05/18/2023 1:49:31 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: Chad C. Mulligan

That escalated quickly.


12 posted on 05/18/2023 1:50:22 AM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: knighthawk

Gosh I’m shocked. They couldn’t get along


13 posted on 05/18/2023 2:00:46 AM PDT by Nifster ( I see puppy dogs in the clouds )
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"Arresting for whst crime?"

The Starbucks manager called police and said the men weren't buying anything. But, the men were waiting for another man to show up.

Starbucks has an interesting business model. When this happened, Starbucks policy was to give out free water. You could get a free cup of water and sit there. Your whole group could book a free meeting room in Starbucks without buying anything there. (Bible study groups met at our local Starbucks.) So, when these two guys were arrested because they were waiting for another man before buying something, it made no sense.

14 posted on 05/18/2023 2:47:47 AM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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To: knighthawk

Two racist liberal morons trying to
out-liberal each other. And the black woman, who wasn’t discriminated against by Starbucks, made plenty of bucks exploiting this scam.


15 posted on 05/18/2023 3:07:33 AM PDT by Newtoidaho (All I ask of living is to have no chains on me.)
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To: knighthawk

Russia is a paper Tiger.

This is it’s Viet Nam war.


16 posted on 05/18/2023 3:11:17 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: Tired of Taxes

Said at the time and still believe that the whole schmegegge was a set-up....from the two “bussinessmen” to the two race hustler videographers to the 3rd “businessman”

Street theater at its finest... LOL


17 posted on 05/18/2023 5:00:47 AM PDT by Roccus (Veritas, non verba magistri)
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To: Roccus

I went there to ‘talk about racism.


18 posted on 05/18/2023 6:51:04 AM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: Tired of Taxes

The homeless have been turning business restrooms for CUSTOMERS into unsanitary pits of hell.


19 posted on 05/18/2023 7:00:52 AM PDT by ridesthemiles
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To: ridesthemiles

True - but these two men weren’t homeless.


20 posted on 05/18/2023 12:42:34 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes
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