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A video of an incident at a Philadelphia Starbucks went viral after it was shared with text stating that it captured two black real estate agents being arrested simply for waiting on a friend at the coffee chain outlet: The event captured in the video reportedly occurred on 12 April 2018 at a Starbucks located on 18th and Spruce, and the Philadelphia Police Department say an internal investigation of the incident is underway. The video shows multiple officers arresting two men inside a Starbucks, and according to Melissa DePino, who posted video of the incident, police were called because these men hadn’t ordered anything [while] they were waiting for a friend to show up and the two men were taken out in handcuffs for doing nothing just as their friend arrived: A second video shows the minutes leading up to their arrest; police surround the men as they sit calmly at their table: Starbucks corporate likewise said via Twitter that they were aware of the incident and were reviewing the incident with our partners, law enforcement and customers to determine what took place: The two arrested men were taken to a police station, fingerprinted and photographed, then released eight hours later because the district attorney found no evidence they had committed a crime and Starbucks expressed no intention to press charges. In a statement issued via Facebook Live, Philadelphia Police Commissioner Richard Ross defended the actions of officers in the video, saying that they did absolutely nothing wrong: Starbucks extended an apology to the two individuals and our customers for what took place, promising to review their policies so that these types of situations never happen again:
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