re: Minneapolis Social Injustice and Related
Just to go back to earlier in the thread where someone was condemning the looting of Target which is a local company....this from Adweek (you don’t need the whole article as this is enough in general)...
« Why Demonstrators Protesting the Death of George Floyd in Minneapolis Keyed In on Target
As protests unfolded across the United States last week and escalated through the weekend, hundreds of businesses across the country were damaged. Many of those businesses weren't targeted for specific reasons, but some were—most notably a Target on Lake Street in Minneapolis, which was near the epicenter of the initial George Floyd protests.
Target has a history of donating to local police organizations and in 2015 settled a hiring discrimination complaint for $2.8 million. Locals also claimed that this particular Target location was allegedly refusing to sell to demonstrators the supplies needed to neutralize the chemical irritants used by police to control crowds.
Our story from Minneapolis-based reporter Mónica Marie Zorrilla goes into great detail the relationship Target has with the local community and how its past actions led demonstrators to take action against the brand »
And, I trust some here have read, in addition to the my post before about the restaurant that was burned in Minneapolis saying they totally understood as justice was more important, the Washington Post article today with several other restaurants that were destroyed/ damaged in Washington DC and the owners saying it was more important that justice for all people be realized.
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-Jon Mandel
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