Philly.com: Black men arrested at Philadelphia Starbucks reach agreement with city
Updated: May 2, 2018 — 1:34 PM EDT
AP Photo / Jacqueline Larma
Rashon Nelson, left, and Donte Robinson, right, both 23, sit in their attorney’s conference room after an April 18 interview with the Associated Press.
by Michael Boren, Staff Writer @borenmc | mboren@phillynews.com
Two black men arrested for sitting at a Philadelphia Starbucks without ordering anything settled with the city for a symbolic $1 each Wednesday and a promise from officials to set up a $200,000 program for young entrepreneurs.
Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson “have decided not to pursue a lawsuit against the city,” city spokesman Mike Dunn said. “Instead, they approached the city and agreed to release the city and its employees from any and all claims for a payment of $1 to each of them.”
Nelson and Robinson also asked the city to create a program for Philadelphia public high school students with aspirations of becoming entrepreneurs. The city has agreed to fund a $200,000 grant for that program, Dunn said. Nelson and Robinson will not receive any of that money, he said.
Mayor Kenney lauded the program, saying pain from the incident would have resurfaced “over and over again” had litigation unfolded. “Rather than spending time, money, and resources to engage in a potentially adversarial process, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson approached the city and invited us to partner with them in an attempt to make something positive come of this,” Kenney said in a statement. “This agreement is the result of those conversations, and I look forward to seeing the fruits of this effort in the coming months and years.”
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/starbucks-arrest-black-men-settle-philadelphia-rashon-nelson-donte-robinson-20180502.html
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It's very admirable of these guys to settle in this fashion and we hope it pays off in the long-term!
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as the city's Human Relations Commission is still investigating as far as I have heard too. There are a whole bunch of things that should be recommendations for moving forward and this is just one.
The 2 are aware that change will take time -
"We thought long and hard about it and we feel like this is the best way to see that change that we want to see," Robinson said. "It's not a right-now thing that's good for right now, but I feel like we will see the true change over time."
https://6abc.cm/2jpFvwK
but I think that the city has been put on notice by the public.
but I think they see that so many have their backs too. 
That is something that gets folks time and time again. 
but believe it or not, they remind me exactly like one of my nephews who is the same age as them.
BUT - I just found this article (from the American Bar Association Journal) -
By Debra Cassens Weiss
Posted May 2, 2018, 1:09 pm CDT
Two black men arrested last month at a Starbucks in Philadelphia while waiting for a business associate have agreed to release the city from any legal claims in exchange for the payment of $1 each and a promise to donate $200,000 to a program for aspiring entrepreneurs.
The agreement between the city, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson was announced Wednesday, report the Philadelphia Inquirer and the Associated Press. Their arrest records will also be expunged.
Nelson and Robinson, both 23, were arrested April 12 at the Starbucks after a manager complained that they had not ordered anything.
City spokesman Mike Dunn said the men wanted the city to create the entrepreneurship program for Philadelphia public high school students. They agreed to the deal without filing a lawsuit.
Nelson and Robinson told the AP they wanted to see something positive come out of their arrest. Nelson said he considers the incident a case of being at “the wrong place at the right time because of the outcome that can come out of it.”
http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/black_men_arrested_at_starbucks_settle_with_philadelphia_for_1_each_and_200
So their records will be expunged!
I just don't necessarily believe them to do this without outside observers!
But if this does happen then my best to the two gentlemen Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson for making a difference in their community.
WTO
I expect that city is jumping for joy because as I have noted in previous posts on this subject, it's MY taxpayer money that keeps getting spent to settle stupid and racist decisions by an out-of-control police department rather than for something like the agreement that the 2 reached with the city to help high school students to learn how to do a start-up or other entrepreneurial endeavor. It's the type of thing that the federal Small Business Administration is supposed to do but they have pretty much been gutted and neutered. 