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In reply to the discussion: The Starbucks thing... [View all]ExciteBike66
(2,424 posts)But I believe you didn't intend to.
The guys themselves have said they were asked by an employee to leave. Here is a quote from the lawyer representing the men:
"The lawyer for the two men, Lauren A. Wimmer, told BuzzFeed News that the men were waiting to meet Yaffe to discuss some business opportunities. Before Yaffe arrived, according to Wimmer, a white female manager had asked the men, who had not ordered anything yet, to leave the Starbucks. "
(http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/04/the-starbucks-arrests-and-the-toll-of-routine-bias.html)
So now we have established that the guys were technically trespassing before the cops showed up, and that they were REALLY trespassing once they refused to leave on the cops orders. This is from their own mouths.
Anyway, I bet the cops did ask the manager questions, as that would have been a routine part of their job.