By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
In this once-reasonably-fair democracy in the year of our ostensible Lord 2018, two black guys sitting peaceably in a Philadelphia Starbucks waiting for a friend to show up for a meeting were charged with “trespassing,” asked to leave, and arrested by a swarm of cops for declining to do so though other patrons agreed “they didn’t do anything.” One stunning aspect of the now viral-video: The preternatural calm with which both now-handcuffed guys get up, because welcome to America.
Via Common Dreams. This piece was reprinted by RINF Alternative News with permission or license.