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Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $200K program
San Francisco Chronicle ^ | May 2, 2018 | by Errin Haines Whack

Posted on 05/02/2018 10:25:16 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city Wednesday for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.

The men and their lawyer told The Associated Press the settlement was an effort to make sure something positive came out of the incident. "We thought long and hard about it and we feel like this is the best way to see that change that we want to see," said Donte Robinson, one of those arrested.

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: payday; payout; shakedown; sixbucks; starbucks; tsarbucks
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

After the parasite Lawyers, City Hall will gobble that money up never to be seen again.


41 posted on 05/02/2018 12:13:49 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: LRoggy
Even so, the posters here are being petty with the comments.

Some, yes.

42 posted on 05/02/2018 12:16:42 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Later in the day, Starbucks announced it reached a financial settlement with the men.
The amount was not disclosed, but the chain said Robinson and Nelson will be given
the opportunity to complete their undergraduate degrees through a Starbucks
partnership with Arizona State University.

They will be able to earn their bachelor’s degrees with their tuition fully covered,
Starbucks said.


43 posted on 05/02/2018 12:29:36 PM PDT by deport
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To: LRoggy

“settle the dispute by HELPING OTHERS”

there is more to the story than being told here.

No way the lawyers did this for $ 0.33


44 posted on 05/02/2018 12:37:25 PM PDT by George from New England (escaped CT in 2006, now living north of Tampa)
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To: servo1969

Not sure of the time they entered the store but here is the timeline from when the mgr approached them till they were on the way to the police station.

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Later in the day, Starbucks announced it reached a financial settlement with the men.
The amount was not disclosed, but the chain said Robinson and Nelson will be given the
opportunity to complete their undergraduate degrees through a Starbucks partnership
with Arizona State University.

They will be able to earn their bachelor’s degrees with their tuition fully covered,
Starbucks said.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/04/17/starbucks-to-close-8000-stores-for-racial-bias-education-on-may-29-after-arrest-of-two-black-men/?utm_term=.eae318bc520a


45 posted on 05/02/2018 12:37:47 PM PDT by deport
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To: servo1969

Let me try again. I screwed up the posting about the timeline.

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At 4:37, a female employee at the Starbucks called the police to report “two
gentlemen in my cafe that are refusing to make a purchase or leave.” Officers
arrived at the Starbucks 4:41, according to the tape. At 4:44, officers
requested backup and a supervisor for “a group of males causing a disturbance”
inside the Starbucks. Dispatch sent additional backup at 4:45.

At 5 p.m., the officers were en route to their headquarters with two arrests.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/04/17/starbucks-to-close-8000-stores-for-racial-bias-education-on-may-29-after-arrest-of-two-black-men/?utm_term=.eae318bc520a


46 posted on 05/02/2018 12:44:03 PM PDT by deport
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To: deport

I’m sure some Freepers will automatically make the leap that they pocketed ‘millions’ . . .

The three Duke lacrosse kids collected about $55 million. Players who were NOT ARRESTED also got large payoffs, I doubt there were a lot of Freepers calling that outrageous.


47 posted on 05/02/2018 12:44:27 PM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Shakedowns to fund “social justice” causes.


48 posted on 05/02/2018 1:10:14 PM PDT by Wuli
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

I still think it’s weird no one ever tracked down the clerk who made the call. The whole thing had the feel of a set-up.


49 posted on 05/02/2018 1:19:50 PM PDT by babble-on
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

What’s the statute for:

sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything


50 posted on 05/02/2018 1:33:47 PM PDT by The Toll
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To: babble-on

"...tracked down the clerk..."


She was the store manager. She got dragged through the mud by their CEO, called a racist, and terminated.
The audio tape of her call to police indicates she was calm, deliberate, well-spoken, and explained they had been loitering.
She referred to them as “gentlemen” while speaking to dispatchers. No anger and no slurs.


51 posted on 05/02/2018 1:34:31 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

There’s money to be made in faux victimization. Flood gates are open now.


52 posted on 05/02/2018 2:56:41 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: LRoggy
It’s Philadelphia, not Boca Raton.
Why does EVERYTHING need to be one race versus the other?

You don't think there are any white people left in Philadelphia?

And did you overlook the fact that this entire Starbucks fiasco is race based?

Started by two black men who complained they thought they were being singled out because of their race?


53 posted on 05/02/2018 4:30:29 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The art of government is to take money from one to give to another - Voltaire)
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To: Iron Munro

And did YOU overlook the fact I said I DID the SAME THING at Starbucks and no one ever approached me? You’re the perfect example of why this site is drifting further away from what it was so great at, a place to find articles and blogs we can read . . . now it’s nothing but a hate fest.

And a place where NO ONE can feel empathy for a victim, it’s ALWAYS either the ‘black guy’s fault’ or ‘what about us whites’?

They WERE profiled, if not I would have been asked to leave too . . . it’s a pretty simple premise to me.

I didn’t see any of the normal attempt to race bait or sensationalize BY THE TWO who were arrested.

They showed a lot more maturity about this than a number of the commenters on this thread.


54 posted on 05/02/2018 5:30:00 PM PDT by LRoggy (Peter's Son's Business)
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To: LRoggy; Iron Munro

"...I DID THE SAME THING IN BOCA RATON..."


What occurs in one retail location is not precisely the same as what happens in another retail location. Business is dynamic.
While certainly not a defender of the leftwinger Starbucks company, I am mindful when some manager/kid is being hung to dry.

Savvy managers recognize their store will have decreased business and decreased profitability if non-customers are permitted to loiter.
These two men could have peacefully resolved the situation (or prevented it entirely) with the simple purchase of a small cup of coffee.


55 posted on 05/02/2018 6:15:51 PM PDT by Blue Jays ( Rock hard ~ Ride free)
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To: Oldeconomybuyer

Happy to report that in the future they can pay for all the “protection money” they want without my help.


56 posted on 05/02/2018 7:19:24 PM PDT by publius911
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To: LRoggy

You need to take a cold shower and cool off a little FRiend.


57 posted on 05/02/2018 7:36:28 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The art of government is to take money from one to give to another - Voltaire)
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To: Iron Munro

0.01%. That’s how it works. More money in deciding who gets what than receiving the funds. Department of education is an example.


58 posted on 05/02/2018 8:03:05 PM PDT by wgmalabama (The government murdered Robert LaVoy Finicum - what makes you think you are not next?)
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