Get arrested and carted to jail Get finessed by Starbucks for a $1

[Bart simpson]

that's called integrity my guy

Smart move. Sometimes, its not all about money $. Maybe those brothers are good financially. That $ can help another young black person in the future. Much props to them.

Yea I know what their trying to do and its cool we need that in the black community but do you really think the city will follow through...

one star thread. 5 stars for those brotha's uplifting other black people and setting an honorable example. OP keep looking up to people like Kanye West.

No just no you're trying too hard...

 

[Pool_Shark]

Why would they sue the city when it wasn't even involved in the incident?

What's next, suing the state or suing the coffee bean growers or Starbucks manufacturers or distributors?

Or even the customers? I just don't see what the point of suing the city other than for publicity was for.

The police that arrested them worked for the city.

 

[5thbornpowerseed]

Nope. Give me the money. I'll help the babies. No telling what loop hole that cash gonna fall through

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Why would they sue the city when it wasn't even involved in the incident?

What's next, suing the state or suing the coffee bean growers or Starbucks manufacturers or distributors?

Or even the customers? I just don't see what the point of suing the city other than for publicity was for.

. The police officers that arrested them are employees of the city; that's how the city was involved and that is the point of suing the city - in retribution for the conduct of it's employees and damages to the victims as a result of that conduct. They sued Starbucks too, as a corporation that would technically include the manufacturers, distributors, etc.

 

[MoveForward]

Yea I know what their trying to do and its cool we need that in the black community but do you really think the city will follow through...



No just no you're trying too hard...

I don’t usually do this but who said it’s going to the black community? That money will go to “minorities”...

 

[Jean toomer]

I don't normally do threads like this but is this smart or stoopid
...

Two African American men arrested at a Philadelphia Starbucks last month have reached a settlement with the city and secured its commitment to a pilot program for young entrepreneurs.

Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson chose not to pursue a lawsuit against the city, Mike Dunn, a spokesman for the city of Philadelphia, told The Washington Post. Instead, they agreed to a symbolic payment of $1 each and asked the city to fund $200,000 for a grant program for high school students aspiring to become entrepreneurs.

“This was an incident that evoked a lot of pain in our city, pain that would’ve resurfaced over and over again in protracted litigation, which presents significant legal risks and high financial and emotional costs for everyone involved,” Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney said in a statement.

Trust your oppressors to follow through their words brehs
...

Your thought process is very limited friend...

 

[Gusto]

They're fukking up. There's no reason why they can't be paid AND set up something for the youth. It's a false choice between the two. $200k ain't shyt to a big city.

 

[Secure Da Bag]

Getting the city to have something for the youth is a good move. I'm gonna allow myself to believe that the city will follow through. But there's also the Starbucks settlement which was most likely much more than $200k. They can do something privately with that as well. IIRC, they were about to have a business meeting about an investment anyway. So more money and opportunity for them.

 

[Will Ross]

They did the right thing this will bring them more money. Starbucks giving them money was a pr move not something they had to legally do.

 

[Crayola Coyote]

. The police officers that arrested them are employees of the city; that's how the city was involved and that is the point of suing the city - in retribution for the conduct of it's employees and damages to the victims as a result of that conduct. They sued Starbucks too, as a corporation that would technically include the manufacturers, distributors, etc.

Weren't they like real estate stock brokers or something.

 

[DUCKED_OFF]

The money is going to the Philadelphia public schools...its going to what ever school all the white kids go too

 

[SleezyBigSlim]

Smart move. Sometimes, its not all about money $. Maybe those brothers are good financially. That $ can help another young black person in the future. Much props to them.

That money is not getting spent on 1 damn negro kid. Cities don't even build the shyt they have voters vote bonds on half the time. They damn sure aint going to spend that money on people who need it

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

Weren't they like real estate stock brokers or something.

Hmmm... idk, didn’t look into their background that much.

 

[loyola llothta]

That money is not getting spent on 1 damn negro kid. Cities don't even build the shyt they have voters vote bonds on half the time. They damn sure aint going to spend that money on people who need it

Damn shame

 

[Nicole0416_718_929_646212]

. I'm gonna allow myself to believe that the city will follow through.

They spent more money on the festivities for the eagles Super Bowl win than they did for community development. Even closed schools in deprived areas, the schools were under federal supervision for a period of time bc the management was not meeting standards. Not sure the city will follow through, not based on past decisions.