根据 Tempe Officers Association 周五发布的一系列推文,Arizona 州 Tempe 地区的一家星巴克的店员要求警察离开顾客的视线,原因是他们的存在顾客觉得不安全。
现在,关键词“#DumpStarbucks”正在推特上被热搜。Tempe Officers Association 的推文称,包括一些退伍军人在内的六名军官在7月4日轮班前进入Scottsdale Road and McKellips 交叉的这家星巴克购买了饮料。然后,一位咖啡师要求这些官员要么离开顾客的视线,要么离开商店,因为顾客“对这些官员的存在并不感到安全”。
Don't appreciate @Starbucks asking our #Tempe cops to leave your establishment on the #4thofjuly2019. Several of those cops are #veterans who fought for this country! #ZeroRespect pic.twitter.com/oGaDKhlYX3
— Tempe Officers Association (@ToaAz) July 5, 2019
据报导,这些警察离开了这家店。Tempe Officers Association 声称“这种待遇在2019年变得非常普遍”,并表示将“期待与星巴克合作”来解决这一事件。
星巴克的一位发言人表示,该公司正在收集有关此事件的详细消息,并已与 Tempe 警察局和 Tempe Officers Association 取得联系,道歉并希望“更好地了解发生的事情”。
Twitter 上的 #DumpStarbucks 主题标签下主要是批评这次行为本身的推文,有对于警察的同情者抵制该品牌,也有人提及之前两名黑人男子在星巴克被逮捕的事情。
Those of y’all who want to #DumpStarbucks because some police officers were asked to leave are the same people who were real quiet when two black men were arrested for waiting at a Starbucks. But I digress.
— keels (@keeleeloo) July 6, 2019
不过也有其他人质疑部分人是否伪善:他们既抵制星巴克要求警察离开,同时又支持企业主有权拒绝提供服务。
Wait, I thought conservatives were in favor of businesses being able to deny service to a group of people. #DumpStarbucks pic.twitter.com/5UnaUA2bdc
— Medium Sized County Pizza Litigator (@17ShortFuse) July 6, 2019
来源: Business Insider