Starbucks has apologized after a boycott erupted over a video of two black men being arrested inside a Philadelphia store, which led to accusations of racism on social media.
一段视频曝出在星巴克费城店铺两名黑人男子被拘押了,这在社交媒体上引起了众人对星巴克种族歧视的谴责。在这场联合抵制之后,星巴克为此表达了歉意。
As viral videos of the incident show, officers handcuffed the two men in a Starbucks location in Philadelphia's downtown district on Thursday.
正如这段在互联网上疯狂传播的视频显示,星期四警察在星巴克费城店铺用手铐铐住了两名男子。
At one point in the video, a white man can be heard explaining that he was meeting with the men and describing the arrest situation with police officers as “ridiculous.”
在视频中的某一刻,大家可以听到一名白人男子讲解道,他偶然遇到这两名男子并表示警察逮捕他们“太荒唐了”。
Police Commissioner Richard Ross said in a facebook video that employees at the coffee store called 911 to report two men who were trespassing .
警察局长理查德·罗斯在脸书上的一段视频中说道,星巴克店铺的职员拨打了911,报案称两名男子擅闯星巴克。
Ross explained that the officers were told the two men requested to use the restroom when they came into the store but were denied because they hadn't made a purchase — a company policy.
罗斯讲解道,警察被告知这两名男子进入星巴克需要用一下洗手间但被拒绝了,由于他们没消费,这是星巴克的一项原则。
Ross said the men refused to leave, even when police asked them to depart the premises three times, and that the officers “did absolutely nothing wrong.”
罗斯表示,这两名男子甚至在警察三次需要他们离开的状况下依旧拒绝离开,因此警察“绝对没做错”。
“As an African American male, I am very aware of implicit bias; we are committed to fair and unbiased policing,” Ross said. “If a business calls and they say that ‘Someone is here that I no longer wish to be in my business,’ [officers] now have a legal obligation to carry out their duties and they did just that.”
“作为一名非裔美国籍男士,我很了解这种隐含的偏见;大家致力于公平公正地维护治安,”罗斯说道。“假如一家企业打电话称‘有人在大家公司,我不期望他继续呆在这里’,就有法律义务履行职责,而他们只不过履行了职责而已。”
“We apologize to the two individuals and our customers and are disappointed this led to an arrest,” Starbucks said in a statement shared on Twitter Saturday.“We take these matters seriously and clearly have more work to do when it comes to how we handle incidents in our stores. We are reviewing our policies and will continue to engage with the community and the police department to try to ensure these types of situations never happen in any of our stores.”
星期六星巴克在twitter上发表了一篇声明称,“该事件致使两人被拘押,还另大家的客户感到失望,对此大家向这两名男子及大家的客户致歉。大家很看重这一事件,显然对于大家怎么样处置店铺里的这种事件,大家要做的还有不少。大家正在审察大家的政策,大家会继续与社区和警察局接洽,努力确保这种状况再也不会发生在大家的店铺中。”



