Christine Hauser reported that on Thursday, two black men walked into a Starbucks in downtown Philadelphia asking to use the restroom. After being declined by the employee because they had not purchased anything, the two men sat down and refused to leave. Eventually, the employee had to call the police. The two men were later arrested for the suspision of trespassing. After apologizing on Twitter, Starbucks CEO Kevin R. Johnson released a statement, in which he said “Regretfully, our practices and training led to a bad outcome — the basis for the call to the Philadelphia Police Department was wrong. Our store manager never intended for these men to be arrested and this should never have escalated as it did.” Mr. Johnson also said that he wanted to meet in person and apologize to the two men.
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