Latest: Iconic Seattle Starbucks closes for racial training
NEW YORK (AP) — The Latest on the Starbucks' plan to close stores Tuesday for anti-bias training. (all times local):
4 p.m.
A Starbucks worker cordoned off a line of customers at the company's famous Pike Place Market location in Seattle as employees prepared to receive anti-bias training.
The Seattle store, commonly referred to as the original Starbucks, stopped letting people in at 1 p.m. Tuesday. The company was holding training sessions at its 8,000 U.S. stores following an outcry over the arrest of two black men last month for sitting in a Philadelphia Starbucks without buying anything.
Some people in Seattle were disappointed to be turned away, while others snapped selfies and asked why the store was closing so early.