WATCH | Outrage after two black men arrested in a Starbucks - for doing nothing
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Starbucks has apologised after two black men were arrested in one of their Philadelphia coffee shops - for doing nothing.
Cellphone footage of Thursday’s incident show the two men sitting quietly at a table and talking for several minutes to police officers. They are then put in handcuffs and marched out.
The other patrons are heard objecting that the men were doing nothing wrong and appeared to be targeted merely for their race.
Melissa DePino tweeted one of the videos and add, "the police were called because these men hadn’t ordered anything."
Philadelphia Police Department' Commissioner Richard Ross meanwhile took to Facebook to defend the actions of the officers. "“These officers did absolutely nothing wrong. They followed policy; they did what they were supposed to do," he said.
Ross said police arrested the men after they refused three requests to leave.