(cont'd from yesterday's post)
Starbucks changed after a 2018 incident in Philadelphia. Someone was made to leave the store because they wouldn't buy anything. So the company decided to make their stores a "safe" place for all, probably meaning they felt pressured to operate like a public city shelter instead of a business. There's a big difference. Stores closed around the country. Of course they did.
After the George Floyd killing in 2020, after the summer riots, after the looting and burning, things continued to decline in Minneapolis. The city council determined to pull funding and dismantle the police department.
A year later violent crime including murder, assault, arson, carjackings, was still high. So city voters turned out (in the biggest numbers for 45 years) to reject the idea. Today the police department still exists, though with a reduced presence on the streets due to fewer officers.
Crime is still an issue in 2022 as it spills into the suburbs.
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