Two black men arrested at Starbucks settle with Philadelphia for $2
The two black men whose arrest at a Philadelphia Starbucks last month set off a wave of protests against the coffee giant for discrimination have reached a settlement with the city, the mayor’s office said Wednesday.
In addition, Donte Robinson and Rashon Nelson, both 23, will release the city and employees of all claims in exchange for the creation of a $200,000 fund that, through the help of a nonprofit organization, will assist young entrepreneurs in Philadelphia.
Robinson and Nelson will also serve on a committee to establish and award the grants, which will focus on starting a pilot curriculum for public high school students to attain the skills to become business owners.
This is how it’s done.
Cynicism is the real enemy, and I admire these guys so much.
This breaks the usual pathetic pattern of – cops do something horrible, the city’s taxpayers pay, taking much needed funds away from meaningful reform and making victims’ families temporarily rich, and their lawyers – permanently so, repeat – and nothing changes.
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