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This morning, crowds are protesting at the Philadelphia Starbucks where the incident occurred, calling for the firing and/or arrest of the manager who called the police. The AP and other outlets report that the protestors are chanting, “Starbucks coffee is anti-black”; USA Today notes that “Starbucks regional vice president Camille Hymes attempted to talk to the protesters, but was shouted down.” The hashtag #BoycottStarbucks is trending on Twitter. About an hour before this posting, The Philadelphia Inquirer announced that the “The manager who called police to the Starbucks at 18th and Spruce Streets on Thursday has left the company in what a company spokeswoman called a ‘mutual’ decision.”

Meanwhile, Johnson is making the rounds on morning media outlets; on ABC’s Good Morning America, he “reiterated that the arrests were ‘reprehensible’ and said he hoped to meet with the men to discuss ‘a constructive solution.’” The two men haven’t responded yet, and why should they? The only solution is to stop racial profiling in the first place.

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