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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks thing... [View all]Lurker Deluxe
(1,041 posts)In the very short video all we see is the arrest, which are not poorly executed.
In my experience when the owner of an establishment calls the police the person who is being called on is long gone by the time the police arrive. A few things must have happened here.
Either when the cops were called the men were not informed, or decided to stay.
Either all six cops arrived at the same time, or others were called in fear of escalation.
Either they were instructed to leave and did not and were arrested, or they were arrested with no communication.
We do not know why the cops were called. We do know they were called.
What I WOULD THINK happened is when the first cops showed they went inside, spoke to the manager, asked the men to leave, the men refused, backup was called, they were arrested without incident. If this is what happened it was textbook on how to handle the situation. No guns drawn, no one tasered, no one beaten ... textbook. IF that is what happened.
Yes, it was the managers fault, with no doubt ...