Saginaw optometrist who threatened Starbucks' BLM supporters heads to prison

(Detroit Free Press) A Saginaw optometrist is going to federal prison for 10 months for threatening to harm Black Lives Matter supporters in a series of rants he made over the phone to Starbucks employees, who got an earful about his beef with workers wearing BLM T-shirts.

According to court records, 62-year-old Kenneth Pilon admitted to calling nine Starbucks stores in 2020 and telling those who answered his calls to relay this message to employees wearing BLM T-shirts: “The only good (N-word) is a dead (N-word).”

Pilon also admitted to telling one Starbucks employee, “I’m gonna go out and lynch me a (N-word).”

Starbucks stores weren't his only target. The FBI says Pilon also left nooses at Kroger and Walmart parking lots in Saginaw, and also tucked one inside a beverage cooler at a 7-Eleven store with a handwritten note attached that read: “An accessory to be worn with your ‘BLM’ T-shirt. Happy protesting!'" ..............(more)

https://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/2023/04/20/black-lives-matter-threats-starbucks-nooses-saginaw-optometrist/70131841007/