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   https://nypost.com/2023/06/14/white-starbucks-manager-fired-after-arrest-   
   of-two-black-men-wins-25m-lawsuit/   
      
   A white Starbucks manager who was fired after two black men were refused   
   access to a Philadelphia store bathroom — triggering nationwide racial   
   protests — has been awarded $25 million by a federal jury after she argued   
   she was axed because of her race.   
      
   Shannon Phillips, a regional manager who oversaw several Starbucks   
   locations across New Jersey and Pennsylvania, argued in a lawsuit she was   
   cut loose by the coffee giant after viral footage of the two black men   
   being arrested in 2018 sparked a firestorm of racial backlash.   
      
   Phillips argued she had nothing to do with the arrests but Starbucks   
   management used her as a “scapegoat” in order to prove the company was   
   taking action amid the controversy.   
      
   The jury’s verdict, handed down on Monday, found Phillips’ race was a   
   factor in the company’s decision to sack her, which was a violation of her   
   civil rights.   
      
   The saga unfolded when an employee at the Rittenhouse Square location had   
   called 911 on April 12, 2018, after the two men, Rashon Nelson and Donte   
   Robinson, were denied access to the bathroom because they weren’t paying   
   customers — and then refused to leave.   
      
   The men, who said they had been simply sitting at a table waiting for a   
   potential real estate business partner to arrive, were arrested for   
   trespassing.   
      
   Protesters swarmed the Philly store and others across the country amid   
   calls for a boycott over their arrests.   
      
   Starbucks later announced it was temporarily shuttering 8,000 locations   
   nationwide so staff could undergo anti-bias training as a result of the   
   viral arrests.   
      
   While Phillips was fired a month after the ordeal, the manager of the   
   Philly store, who is black, testified during the six-day trial that he   
   kept his job.   
      
   Phillips’ attorney, Laura Mattiacci, told jurors that the store manager   
   wasn’t sacked because he is black.   
      
   Starbucks had argued during the proceedings that Phillips, who had worked   
   for the company for 13 years, was let go for being ineffective and absent   
   in the aftermath of the arrests.   
      
   The company declined to comment on the verdict.   
      
   The former regional manager was awarded $25.6 million in compensatory and   
   punitive damages following the six-day trial.   
      
   She will also seek back pay from the company, her lawyer said.   
      
   The two men at the center of the viral footage eventually had the charges   
   against them dropped.   
      
   They also reached an undisclosed settlement with Starbucks, as well as the   
   city, in the wake of their arrests.   
      
      
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