Starbucks apologized Saturday to two black men arrested at a Philadelphia store in an incident that has led to accusations of racial profiling by the company and police.
Cellphone videos captured the tense moment Thursday afternoon when at least six Philadelphia Police Department officers stood over two seated black men, asking them to leave. A man named Andrew Yaffe arrives to tell police that the two men were waiting for him. The officer says that they were not complying and were being arrested for trespassing.
"Why would they be asked to leave?" Yaffe says. "Does anybody else think this is ridiculous?" he asks people nearby. "It's absolute discrimination," Yaffe adds. The two unidentified men are taken out in handcuffs soon after. They were released early Friday with no charges filed.
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