White Starbucks manager who ran Philly store where two black men were refused access to bathroom - sparking protests - is awarded $25M as jury finds she was fired because of her race
Daily Mail
June 14, 2023
Shannon Phillips on Monday won her lawsuit against the coffee giant and was handed $25million in punitive damages and $600,000 in compensatory damages.
A federal jury in New Jersey found the company had given her the boot because she was white, which violated her federal civil rights. The lawsuit finally came to an end this week five years after the arrests of the two black men at the Starbucks shop in Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia.
Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson had been
waiting for a meeting when they were refused access to the toilet and
were asked to leave before cops were called. Their arrests prompted
widespread outrage and protests after footage of the incident emerged -
and Starbucks was accused of racism and boycott threats.
1 comment:
I hope she gets every nickel of it.
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