Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $200K program
PHILADELPHIA (AP) " Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each Wednesday and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.The men's lawyer and Mayor Jim Kenney outlined the agreement to The Associated Press.The arrest of Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson on April 12 touched off a furor around the U.S. over racial profiling.They were led away in [...]
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