Black men arrested at Starbucks settle for $1 each
Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city Wednesday for a symbolic $1 each and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.
The men and their lawyer told the Associated Press the settlement was an effort to make sure something positive came out of the incident.
The arrest of Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson on April 12 touched off a furor around the U.S. over racial profiling. Their arrest records will be expunged as part of the deal.