Starbucks Apologizes For Asking Police Officers to Leave After Customer Complained About Feeling ‘Unsafe’

Starbucks Apologizes For Asking Police Officers to Leave After Customer Complained About Feeling ‘Unsafe’
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Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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Starbucks has issued a public apology following an incident in which a group of police officers was asked to leave after a customer allegedly complained about feeling “unsafe.”

Six officers from the Tempe Police Department in Arizona went into a Starbucks on July 4 for coffee, according to a statement issued by the Tempe Officers Association, and were approached by a barista. The Starbucks employee then told the officers them a customer “did not feel safe” in their presence.
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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