WATCH: Black tourists kicked out of KFC in Berlin

Berlin – KFC is facing racism accusations in Germany after a group of several black customers was thrown out of one of its Berlin stores on Monday. In a video distributed online and recorded by a member of that group, police officers can be seen escorting the group out of the restaurant.

In the caption of the video, which had been viewed more than 250 000 times as of Thursday evening, the uploader accuses Berlin authorities and KFC of racist motives. “Racial treatment in Berlin in KFC, we were jus having something to eat n chatting #racismstillexist #neverexperiencethatbefore,” she writes. (The misspellings are in the original post.)

Berlin’s police department strongly rejected the accusations on Thursday and announced it would press charges against the person who uploaded the video for violating the officers’ privacy laws. The woman who is believed to have recorded the scenes did not respond to a request for comment.

The video immediately triggered outrage on social media, even though KFC denied that racism triggered the incident, in a response provided to a German newspaper. A spokeswoman for Berlin’s police department similarly said on Thursday that a KFC employee called officers to the store, complaining about ongoing “vandalism.”
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