Baller Alert
  • Home
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • The Baller Alert Show
    • Baller Alert Lists
    • Baller Alert Exclusives
    • Let Me Liv
    • Ballerific Music
    • That’s Baller
    • Fashion
    • Metaverse
    • Tech
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports
    • Op-Ed
    • Travel
    • Health
  • EVENTS
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • About
  • Political News
  • en español
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • The Baller Alert Show
    • Baller Alert Lists
    • Baller Alert Exclusives
    • Let Me Liv
    • Ballerific Music
    • That’s Baller
    • Fashion
    • Metaverse
    • Tech
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports
    • Op-Ed
    • Travel
    • Health
  • EVENTS
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • About
  • Political News
  • en español
No Result
View All Result
Baller Alert
No Result
View All Result

Former Starbucks Manager Sues Company for Racial Discrimination Over Viral Arrest of Two Black Men

by Royal
November 1, 2019
Reading Time: 2 mins read
0
Los Angeles Man Awarded $50 Million After Scalding Starbucks Tea Spill Leaves Permanent Injuries

Los Angeles Man Awarded $50 Million After Scalding Starbucks Tea Spill Leaves Permanent Injuries

Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

The White regional manager of Starbucks that was terminated after two black men were arrested for waiting for someone to arrive at the Philadelphia location has filed a lawsuit for racial discrimination against the well-known coffee company.

According to Newsweek, Shannon Phillips filed a lawsuit at the U.S. District Court for New Jersey. She believes that white employees, including herself, were made to take the fall for the incident that went viral last April. This brought international attention and a need for an immediate solution.

In the video that went viral, Dante Robinson and Rashon Nelson were both arrested after asking to use the bathroom without any purchase made at the moment. They were waiting for someone to meet them.

After the incident, more than 8,000 Starbucks stores were closed in the U.S. for 175,000 staff members to receive educational training on racial bias. This incident caused protests and boycotts against the international coffee company. Starbucks apologized to Nelson and Robinson. They were soon released after they were arrested.

Shannon Phillips worked at Starbucks for 13 years and was the Regional Manager that was responsible for stores in southern New Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware, and parts of Maryland. In the suit, she said that Starbucks felt a need to “convince the community that it had properly responded to the incident,” according to the legal filing that was obtained by Newsweek. She also accused Starbucks of “taking steps to punish white employees who had not been involved in the arrests,” to save face.

Phillips said that she was ordered to place a white employee who had no involvement with the Nelson and Robinson’s arrest on administrative leave because of an allegation of discriminatory conduct that Starbucks allegedly knew was not true.

Phillips was terminated a little less than a month after the arrests occurred on May 9, 2018. Starbucks reportedly stated that “the situation is not recoverable” as the only reason for them terminating her. They also allegedly said that the reason is “pretext for race discrimination,” and as a result, Phillips has filed a suit.

Phillips wants punitive and compensatory damages because of “pain and suffering, emotional upset, mental anguish, humiliation, and loss of life’s pleasures” after she was fired.

However, a spokesperson for Starbucks told ABC News, “We deny the claims in the lawsuit and are fully prepared to present our case in court.”

Starbucks for Philly
istock

Share this:

  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook
  • Click to share on Mastodon (Opens in new window) Mastodon
  • Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window) Reddit
  • Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X
  • Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window) WhatsApp
  • Click to share on Tumblr (Opens in new window) Tumblr
  • Click to email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
  • Click to share on Pinterest (Opens in new window) Pinterest

Like this:

Like Loading...

Discover more from Baller Alert

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Tags: Starbucks

Related Posts

Ukraine Flight Crash
News

Man Pretended to Be a Flight Attendant and Flew Free Over 100 Times—Now He’s Facing 30 Years

June 15, 2025

A South Florida man is facing serious time after finessing his way into over 100 free airline flights by pretending...

Trump Administration Eyes Travel Ban Expansion Targeting Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Over 30 Other Countries
News

Trump Administration Eyes Travel Ban Expansion Targeting Nigeria, Ghana, Ethiopia, and Over 30 Other Countries

June 15, 2025

The Trump administration is preparing to widen its controversial travel restrictions, and this time it’s targeting dozens of nations—many of...

Air India Offers $30K Interim Compensation to Crash Victims' Families and Survivor
News

Air India Offers $30K Interim Compensation to Crash Victims’ Families and Survivor

June 15, 2025

Air India has announced interim compensation of about $30,000 for each family of the victims of the Ahmedabad plane crash, and for...

Wife of Fugitive Accused in Minnesota Lawmaker Shooting Found with Guns and Cash in Car
News

Wife of Fugitive Accused in Minnesota Lawmaker Shooting Found with Guns and Cash in Car

June 15, 2025

The wife of suspected Minnesota shooter Vance Luther Boelter, Jenny Boelter, was detained during a traffic stop in Onamia, MN, at approximately...

Next Post

NBA Players Take Halloween! These Ballers Killed It In Costume

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Baller News

Subscribe To Our Newsletter

* indicates required

Follow Us

Subscribe to Blog

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

© Copyright 2024, Baller Alert Inc. All Rights Reserved

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
    • News
    • Entertainment
    • The Baller Alert Show
    • Baller Alert Lists
    • Baller Alert Exclusives
    • Let Me Liv
    • Ballerific Music
    • That’s Baller
    • Fashion
    • Metaverse
    • Tech
    • Lifestyle
    • Sports
    • Op-Ed
    • Travel
    • Health
  • EVENTS
  • Videos
  • Shop
  • About
  • Political News
  • en español
%d