PHILADELPHIA — About two dozen chanting protesters have entered a Philadelphia Starbucks where two black men were arrested after store employees called 911 to say they were trespassing.<\/p>\n
The protesters moved to the front counter shortly after 7 a.m. Monday and chanted “Starbucks coffee is anti-black.”<\/p>\n
Over the weekend, demonstrators called for the firing of the employee who contacted police, who arrested the men on Thursday.<\/p>\n
Officials have said police officers were told the men had asked to use the store’s restroom but were denied because they hadn’t bought anything and they refused to leave.<\/p>\n
Police haven’t released the names of the men who were arrested and later released after the district attorney’s office said there was lack of evidence that a crime had been committed.<\/p>\n
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson has called the arrests a “reprehensible outcome.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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