Posted on 04/24/2021 4:53:19 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
The black-owned businesses near the intersection where George Floyd died last May are pleading for help after suffering from plummeting revenue and skyrocketing crime.
Black-owned establishments near the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, which once thrived, have had to resort to a GoFundMe page after police have abandoned the area, which has since become “a dangerous autonomous zone that has seen crime spike and business evaporate,” according to the New York Post.
“38th and Chicago, recently renamed George Floyd Square, has always been home to some of Minnesota’s most burgeoning Black businesses,” the GoFundMe page reads. “This intersection has been home to a thriving Black, community and cultural corridor. However, since May 25th, its reputation has evolved and will now forever be connected to the memory of George Perry Floyd Jr. and the subsequent destruction of our city that followed.”
“In the fight for justice we must not forget the fight of economic justice of (a) once-thriving community,” the page added. “We business owners know that the fight for justice doesn’t just include justice from the legal system, we must also include justice for business impacted.”
“The city left me in danger,” the owner of the Smoke In The Pit restaurant told the Post on Thursday, who asked to be identified as Alexander W. out of fear of retribution. “They locked us up on here and left us behind.”
“They left me with no food, no water, nothing to eat,” he said. “The police, fire trucks, can’t come in here.”
As the New York Post reported:
On Thursday the intersection was essentially abandoned — save for the occasional gawker who posed for photos in front of a mural outside Cup Foods, the convenience store where Floyd allegedly passed a counterfeit $20 bill.
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I take it George Floyd Square is the new Martin Luther King Jr Blvd?
Economic justice: give us tax dollars to rebuild
Oh, well.....
Having a business is acting white....
“Black-Owned Businesses At George Floyd Square Beg For Help Amid Spiking Crime, Nosediving Revenue...”
Who’d you vote for?
Karma assumes Reincarnation where you are punished and/or rewarded for your actions in the previous life. The Bible states “that you die once and then face the judgement.”
Reaping what you sow refers to the fact that you are likely to receive the same problems that you create for other people.
You’ve noticed that too, huh?
There is an entire freeway segment in my large Texas city named after MLK. I won’t take it for fear I may one day break down on it.
So sad, on so many levels.
The race hustlers have hurt their own.
“crime spike and business evaporate”
Gee.....ya think maybe they would have figured how one leads into the other?
Nah.....somebody else is to blame. Always.
From a city that gave $27 million to George Floyd’s family, surely they could give 300 or $400 million more to these poor besieged citizens.
“...will now forever be connected to the memory of George Perry Floyd Jr. and the subsequent destruction of our city that followed.”
Democrats happen.
Don’t you know who he is?
Wow... choices have consequences, I would have never imagined this. Oh well. Experience is a costly way to learn. Do these people VALUE education? Looks like the could have read history books and considered these actions bring poor results. Urban wars and looting do NOT bring prosperity.
Maybe Burn Loot Murder could help out, they did get Millions in Donations, If BLM won’t Help you, try changing your Voting habits.
Is the pope Jewish?
Tough crap. They voted their city government. They deserve what they are getting. We certainly don't hear them crying about special rules for whitey in George Floyd Square. They never had the guts to stand up to bLM. It's their own damn fault.
If bLM ever came into my neighborhood to burn and loot, their would be dead bodies littering the streets. Perhaps these black business owners should have done the same.
Well Alex, now you know how a broken egg feels.
I am not unsympathetic but you if you want your neighborhood to return to normal you are going to have to get together with your fellow business owners and do it yourselves.
Just the way it is.
And quit voting democrat.
Nope....blm has a lot of money...unless it’s been spent on houses for the founders.
There are consequences for voting Democrat.
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