Starbucks has apologised to two black men arrested at a Philadelphia branch of the coffee chain in an incident that has led to accusations of racial profiling by the company and police... Lauren Wimmer, the attorney for the two men, told The Washington Post that her clients told a Starbucks employee that they were waiting for [a man named] Mr Yaffe. Shortly after, a white female employee called the police... Ms Wimmer said Mr Yaffe, who runs a real-estate development firm, said that he was there to meet the men to discuss business investment opportunities. The two men... were taken to a police station, fingerprinted and photographed. One officer suggested that they faced charges for “defiant trespassing”, Ms Wimmer said. They were held for nearly nine hours before they were released after prosecutors said they would not pursue charges... In a statement on Twitter, Starbucks apologised to the two men and said it was “disappointed this led to an arrest”... Starbucks does not have a company-wide policy on asking members of the public to leave, said the company official.