Just knew this would not be left to fester.

9 hours in jail for the crime of being Starbucks customers while black. The DA's office found “it was completely inappropriate to engage the police.” Damning.

Interestingly, Starbucks' chief operating officer, the "the buck stops here" person dealing with this stuff, is a black woman, although national disgrace has also caused their CEO to step in. Starbucks will now be educating its managers on "unconscious bias." Philadelphia's police commissioner, involved in this after it blew up of course, is also black. Not all civil rights marches are up boulevards.

first thought was,what the hell it this. Worked with Starbucks for 15 plus years as a Jobber . Our Sales Reps,and Direct sales Persons had direct contact and inter action on a quarterly basis. Diversity was and most likely is still key to their Image.

When one pays five Bucks for a cup of Coffee,it better be a darn good cup of Coffee.

BTW,the number one Jobber for Starbucks is just a few blocks down the Street from the mentioned Starbucks Store.

Starbucks is too urbane, targeted at too urban and diverse a clientele, to behave like Denny's.

Job doesn't pay enough for that. If he acted outside of company policy, he probably would have been fired, anyway.

She or he could find another job for about that pay grade. And work less hours.

If her name is made public, it could limit her options in many jobs but help her with like-minded racists.

in a lot of cities. And they work 50 hour weeks.

than 50 hrs a week. It's not uncommon for them to work 80 to 100 hrs/wk. But I don't know about Starbucks, specifically. The H of a friend was a mgr for a Bonanza type restaurant. He worked often 7 days a week, long hours each day.

I worked 7 days a week for two years straight. But I didn't have to buy pens & paper for my job!

when it first came out.

and then get their names shielded from the public record?

She just deleted all her social media stuff.

The sooner the better. Americans needed to see this happen.

So many people of color have lost their lives needlessly due to similar circumstances. It is time to start prosecuting these so called people being scared of black men due their own racism. As a person of color I will never use the assistance of the police regardless of any circumstances I may find myself including potentially losing my life because they might end up killing me anyway. That is how deftly afraid I am of the police and of 'white' people calling the police on innocent black people. God help us.

Or maybe a homophobic bakery.

Racists, bigots and dumb asses, today's Republican party.

they should be given the benefit of the doubt. Let them wait for their companion(s). This is so common it isn't funny. I go to places all the time where I have to wait for someone or where someone is waiting for me. It's not a police issue. If you think it is, you shouldn't have a job.
Sheesh. Good riddance!

as well as how crowded was the place at the time.
I have not seen the video myself but in general if its crowded and other customers who have ordered are unable to find a spot to sit down and enjoy their food and or drink then I can see a manager asking someone who has not ordered but has been there a significant amount of time and is taking up a spot to leave and if they refuse I can also see them calling the police.
If however there was plenty of open seating for customers and I was the manager I would have probably spoken to them and asked them why they had not ordered and then if they told me they were waiting for a friend I would have probably just let them wait but again that is just me.

I didn't watch the video either, but the key thing for me was how busy was the store? If the store was packed I would have given them an opportunity to buy something but if not, I would ask them to leave.

When these racists start loosing their “stuff” maybe they will get it.

What the hell?

Apparently the only way this can be made right is if the former manager loses all her worldly possessions, is thrown into the street to starve, and is totally ostracized by society. I've seen a few calls for that in different places around the web. I guess some folks aren't familiar with the doctrine of proportionate response.

So being detained for 9 hours for sitting in a Starbucks is a proportionate?

I'm saying that those calling for the manager to lose her house, as you did, are taking things a little far.