Videos posted online show officers handcuffing the men in the downtown establishment Thursday
“What did they do,” one man can be heard saying in the video. Another says, “They didn’t do anything, I saw the entire thing.”
Late Saturday, Starbucks’ CEO Kevin Johnson issued a statement saying the situation had a “reprehensible outcome.” He promised the company has “immediately begun a thorough investigation of our practices.”
Johnson insisted “Starbucks stands firmly against discrimination or racial profiling.”
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