Posted on 04/17/2018 10:41:32 AM PDT by Cecily
The Starbucks manager who called the police on two black customers for trespassing previously branded customers who didn't speak English 'rude'.
Holly Hylton managed the Center City Philadelphia store for a year and 'mutually parted ways' with the coffee chain after sparking a race row.
The 31-year-old asked the pair to leave after refusing to let them use the bathroom without buying anything, and called 911 when they stayed.
Video of the men, who were waiting for a friend, being dragged out in handcuffs sparked protests and forced the Starbucks chief executive to apologise.
Ms Hylton, a career hospitality manager, previously worked at Chipotle in 2009 and Smashburger in 2013, according to her social media.
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Great way to stand by your managers, Starbucks.
This looks like a targeted setup to me. Starbucks sucks...period for not supporting their employee in this.
And double screw these people who set her up.
She’ll be a “Trump supporter” by Friday.
Nice work daily mail, your “pictured” headline is sure to elicit social justice. Then you can write about that.
I think the guy’s right in what he said and did, but I believe having the cops arrest and haul off the two black guys wasn’t the best idea. Should have just told the cops that lending him a hand in giving them the bum’s rush out the door would do the job.
Guys hanging around without buying anything are guys who could easily be scoping out the place in order to come back later and rob it.
“I think the guy’s right in what he said and did”
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that should be what *she* said and did. Ooops.
I’d like to hear her side of the story, too. Were they homeless? Were they belligerent? Were they bathing in the bathroom, as many homeless here in LA do. Was BLM just ready with their signs and these guys were part of the protest? Why does Starbucks even do business in the Inner City? Where was the beefy Starbucks guy to help this manager? Why did the CEO simper and whine? Why are BLM activists allowed inside the store?
The left throwing another one of their own under the bus.
We have been reading that the two men defied the cops when the cops asked them to leave, and that is why they got arrested.
Why couldn’t they buy something?
Why couldn’t they leave the store when the cops asked them to (if not before) and wait outside for their friend?
This is from January 23
Video Surfaces of Alleged Racial Profiling at Torrance Starbucks
The second word is “White.” Obviously she has committed an unpardonable sin. They fired her. They have destroyed her life. She did nothing wrong, but is being treated worse than a criminal.
If the two guys had been White, none of this would have happened. She would not have been fired. There would be no race industry pimps shouting into megaphones. Al sharpton would be nowhere around. The ceo would not be making an a$$hole of himself trying to apologize.
The remaining staff is being reeducated with this lesson:
You can kick Whites out. Whites don’t riot. Whites don’t sue. Whites don’t have a race pimp who will stir up the natives and encourage them to burn your place down. Whites don’t have rights. Starbucks will not be given bad press if you $hit on White customers. In fact, $hit on them, they deserve it for being White.
If she had been Black, the only difference would be that the word “White” would NOT be in the article, anywhere, and there would be no picture.
What is the company policy? if she followed policy, she is absolutely right. Company policy cannot discriminate between White/Black. Unfortunately, suing will get her nowhere. She’s White, get it? White is $hit and has no rights.
Starbuck’s so desperately wants to be PC, then finds out it’s not possible.
I wonder what it feels like.
That wouldn’t surprise me. They sure had all those protesters ready and waiting for an opportunity.
I’m still trying to figure out how these guys have the “right” to hang out in a private business without buying anything.
From everything I’ve read, they refused to leave even after the cops showed up. They were trying to get arrested.
That's generally my way of doing things as well. An extension of the Golden Rule, I suppose. If I owned a restaurant I wouldn't want people loitering about taking up space that could be used by the paying customers who support my business.
I did, however, one time use a McDonald's restroom without ordering anything. I was on the highway and my bladder was about to rupture. I pulled over at an exit and went in to the McDonald's and used the restroom. Upon emerging I thought to buy a soda or something; anything to justify my having used their facilities. But the queues were going nearly out the door, and I would have waited there forever to purchase something.
“We have been reading that the two men defied the cops when the cops asked them to leave, and that is why they got arrested.”
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Dunno exactly what when down and who said what, I didn’t see or read of resisting arrest or anything violent happening.
But if the police told them to move along and they didn’t, then you’re right - arrest was the only option.
I’d give business owners and police a little more leeway in telling people to move along. (Backed up with the likelihood of being tossed out by the scruff o’ the neck if they didn’t).
Exactly. They wanted an incident.
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