Two black men arrested while waiting at Starbucks

15 Apr 2018 ( News Bureau )

The CEO of Starbucks has apologised after two black men were arrested as they waited for a friend in a Philadelphia franchise of the coffee company.

Protesters have taken to the streets and the city's mayor says he is heartbroken over the arrests.

But the police commissioner is defending his officers.

Al Jazeera's Hannah Hoexter reports.

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