Outrage grows over the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks. The CEO apologizes but the video has gone viral.
On Point guest host Melissa Block talked with Ernest Owens, columnist and LGBTQ Editor at Philadelphia Magazine; DeRay Mckesson, organizer and activist, co-founder of Campaign Zero, and host of the podcast Pod Save the People; Rochelle Riley, columnist for the Detroit Free Press, author of The Burden: African Americans And The Enduring Impact Of Slavery; and Kimberly Adams, anchor and reporter with KYW Newsradio. The highlights below have been lightly edited for clarity.
(Note: after this show aired, Starbucks announced that it would close more than 8,000 of its U.S. stores on May 29 to conduct racial-bias training for its employees.)
Highlights:
On how the events transpired:
Adams: “[After the arrests] immediately, there were some protests. Facebook is what lit up after that. It went viral. As a result of that, that’s when police commissioner Richard…
