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April 17, 2018

Philadelphia: Protesters Shut Down Starbucks over Racial Discrimination
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In Philadelphia, protesters disrupted and shut down operations at a
downtown Starbucks, after a viral video showed two African-American men
being accused of trespassing and arrested by police for being inside the
coffee shop. On Monday, the community group Philadelphians Organized to
Witness, Empower and Rebuild organized a sit-in inside the Starbucks.

Protesters: "Starbucks coffee is anti-black, a whole lot of racism, a
whole lot of crap. If we can't get it, shut it down! If we can't get it,
shut it down!"

Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson has apologized, and the company says the
manager is no longer working at that store, although it's unclear
whether she has been fired or just relocated to another store.


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