Re: Starbucks workers bravely fight off robbers before they were fired for stopping duo, new video shows

Pelosi Goes To prison <[email protected]> wrote:
> Two Starbucks employees fought off a pair of armed robbers in a “life or
> death situation” at their crime-plagued store before they were fired,
> newly released video captured. 
> 
> The chaotic moment broke out when two hooded men entered the Starbucks
> location near the campus of St. Louis University in Midtown in December
> 2023, according to video obtained by Fox 2 News on Thursday. 
> 
> One of the would-be robbers aimed a gun at the employees behind the
> counter, as the 10 workers and one customer inside hit the ground,
> complying with the orders of the armed men. 
> 
> One of the robbers rushed the cash register, shoving a female worker out
> of the way. 
> 
> Employee Michael Harris, who was manning the drive-thru, approached the
> register and began touching the screen as a menacing robber stood next
> to him. 
> 
> “I was scared but also calm at the moment because I was just like
> whatever we could do to just get them out of here would be perfect,”
> Harris told the outlet. 
> 
> Harris was trying to open the register, but didn’t have managerial
> access to the cash, when one of the robbers pistol-whipped him in the
> back of the head. 
> 
> “After that point, like when my vision went black, I was like ‘I’m about
> to get shot.'” Harris said. “It was definitely a life or death situation
> in my eyes,” Harris said. 
> 
> A second male employee, Devin Jones-Ransom, saw the robber lower his gun
> and jumped at the armed trespasser, running him into the window of the
> drive-thru. 
> 
> The gun broke on impact as Jones-Ransom realized the weapon was fake.
> Harris then launched his own counter-attack against the robbers. 
> 
> “The trigger broke off when they hit him with it,” Harris said. “My
> coworker announced that it was a fake gun like right as he got it off of
> him and thats when we jumped and started to fight them a little more.” 
> 
> Overhead security cameras captured the two employees pummeling the
> robbers in the dining area of the shop. 
> 
> The two robbers, later identified as Joshua Noe and Marquis
> Porter-Doyle, were overpowered by Harris and Jones-Ransom. 
> 
> When the fracas ended, Noe was immobilized on the ground while
> accomplice Marquise Porter-Doyle fled the scene. 
> 
> In a grueling mugshot after his arrest, Noe’s face was covered in blood
> with multiple cuts and scrapes on his face and scalp. 
> 
> Both Noe and Porter-Doyle have since been convicted of robbery and
> sentenced to prison. 
> 
> After the brawl, Harris and his coworker were fired from the store weeks
> after they stopped the robbery. 
> 
> “I got a call a few weeks later,” Harris previously told The Post. “Once
> the media died down. They told me they were terminating me. I was
> surprised. I was distraught. I was confused.” 
> 
> Harris said the store coffee chain’s location had been plagued by unruly
> and aggressive customers for months leading up to the violent attempted
> robbery. 
> 
> “People are always yelling and screaming at us, threatening to assault
> us. Throwing things, trying to come up to us,” he said. “But nothing was
> ever done. People have left the job because of it.” 
> 
> Starbucks said the two workers did not adhere to the company policy of
> “complying with demands and avoiding actions that could increase risk.” 
> 
> “In high-stress situations like this, our priority is ensuring the
> safety of everyone in our stores. We were deeply disturbed by this
> frightening incident and are grateful that our partners and customers
> were not more seriously injured at the time,” the company told Fox 2. 
> 
> “While we recognize how intense and unpredictable these moments can be,
> adherence to these protocols is essential to help protect both partners
> and customers,” the statement said. 
> 
> Harris’ lawyer blasted the policy, claiming it could lead to further
> robbery attempts if workers don’t fight back. 
> 
> “All it’s going to do is disuade people, potentially, from protecting
> their own lives when they may need it the most, and that is not the
> world we can live in,” attorney Ryan Krupp told the outlet. 
> 
> Conversation
> 
> Robert Kerwin
> 20 June, 2026
> 
> The problem is existing laws.  Starbucks and other retailers are 
> afraid of being sued if a would-be robber is hurt by an employee.
> 
> Change the laws to read that if a would-be robber is hurt by ANYONE 
> while attempting to commit a robbery THEY CANNOT SUE ANYONE-can't 
> sue employees, can't sue other customers who pound them, can't sue 
> cops who arrest/stop them.
> 
> Put an end to the "instant payday" aspect of suing after getting 
> hurt while committing robbery and watch how fast the number of 
> robberies declines.
> 
> https://nypost.com/2026/06/20/us-news/st-louis-starbucks-workers-fight-of
> f-robbers-then-get-fired/ 
> 


the company owner.
He doesn't come to the house with the worker bees.