Starbucks apologizes after uniformed officers were refused service

By Mike Brest

Published December 14, 2019 7:27pm ET

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Starbucks apologizes after uniformed officers were refused service — A pedestrian passes in front of a Starbucks Corp. coffee shop in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S., on Tuesday, May 29, 2018. | (Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg)

Starbucks has issued an apology after two uniformed law enforcement officials were denied service in Riverside, California.

The Riverside County Sheriff’s Department announced that two of their deputies were refused service on Thursday, the police department tweeted. Sheriff Chad Bianco tweeted Friday night that the “anti police culture repeatedly displayed by Starbucks employees must end.”

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