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When a customer comes in and uses the far it system, they are to be asked to leave. if they do not leave, law enforcement is to be contacted. thats what she did. they asked the men to leave three times before they arrested the men for trespassing. this woman now has been tarred and feathered as a racist by howard schultz. she was fired and youre correct she has a great deaf nation lawsuit and worse than that, laura, what message has starbucks sent to employees? if you suspect something is going ...

Racist. an attorney in los angeles believes that the employee could have a case. and david depietro disagrees. i love having two davids on. why is this a difficult defamation claim to make? >> its a very difficult defamation claim. under this circumstances it was no fun and games. starbucks has presumably that is who she would sue and they havent said anything about her. they are in damage control and trying to save the reputation of their brand to the extent they are going to close 8,000 stores...

Manager. they werent just being quiet and -- >> laura: i want to see the tape. >> everything starbucks does is put through a -- they dont want protesting or social justice warriors. so what theyve done is they have thrown the manager under the bus and trashed her reputation, ruined her life in the interest of maintaining their corporate brand. she has a huge lawsuit and i guarantee it will be filed and god bless the lawyer that takes it. >> i bet starbucks -- if i had to guess dont you think the...

Cannot enforce that rule? >> thats the culture that starbucks has created. how many of us have gone to starbucks -- >> laura: just meet outside. you try to go to cafe milano in d.c., bring a brown bag lunch and meat, and say i am meeting someone here, and you put out your, you know, bologna sandwich and get your milk and sit there, im okay, how long before you are thrown out? >> did they need to be arrested? in order to be arrested somebody had to say -- >> loitering. >> its worse than that. >> ...

On "good morning america. " he was at the starbucks. >> the police asked you to leave and you didnt. what do you say to people? >> i understand rules are rules but what is right is right and what is wrong. >> laura: im not following. i mean, starbucks does have this policy, david d. and what does an employee at starbucks do? i mean, you are in a difficult position. if you think -- the policy is you have to buy something otherwise we can all use starbucks as an office and sit there all day on our...

And thats the angle. when we come back, the fired starbucks manager who called the cops on two black men is being called a racist but could she sue for defamation?

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