Posted on 05/31/2020 10:15:11 AM PDT by a fool in paradise
Target said late Saturday night that it would temporarily close 175 of its locations across the U.S. after video of its Minneapolis store getting looted went viral amid the fifth night of chaotic protests sparked by the death of George Floyd, which saw protesters around the country destroying other shops and setting fire to police vehicles.
...In addition to the Minnesota closures, 49 Target locations in California and 12 in New York are temporarily shuttered, with the rest in Illinois, Missouri, Michigan, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas and Georgia, which have all seen protests.
...President Trump blamed Minneapolis Mayor Jacob Frey for the Wednesday night protests and said he would send in the National Guard, after Frey had already made the request through the state’s governor.
Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms had harsh words for constituents Friday night, after CNN’s headquarters was vandalized and protesters broke into and looted gear from the College Football Hall Of Fame. “We are all angry….But what are you changing by tearing up a city? You’ve lost all credibility now. This is not how we change America. This is not how we change the world.”...
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So, Target is selectively picking which stores to close? As in they are looking at each area the stores are in to determine which ones to lock up? Sounds like profiling.
Perhaps he should announce that the manager of every Target store will set his store on fire to show support for the rioters?
My wife is/was a great RN. Her gifts are the ability recognize trends/shifts in patient illnesses that showed up in her office and the other officers in their group. Or variances versus past norms.
She is well aware of how Target’s top management has been uber liberal basically forever.
Now Target is a prime target of the rioters and thieves on a massive scale.
That has led Target to closing over a hundred stores or limiting the hours they are open across America.
She would like to know what has happened to Make Target a Target of today’s rioting theives.
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