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The same thing is happening in Seattle. For example an Asian grocery store here filed nearly 600 police reports in a 1.5 year period, in addition to all the inc
by throwawaysea 5y ago
The same thing is happening in Seattle. For example an Asian grocery store here filed nearly 600 police reports in a 1.5 year period, in addition to all the incidents they never reported (https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/repeat-shoplifters-continue-plaguing-seattle-businesses-sometimes-with-violence/988757141/ https://www.kiro7.com/news/local/repeat-shoplifters-continue...). As the article notes, drugstores have also begun closing locations. The only grocery store in the downtown core also closed (https://thepostmillennial.com/downtown-seattle-loses-its-only-grocery-store-as-businesses-flee-the-city-amid-covid-and-riots https://thepostmillennial.com/downtown-seattle-loses-its-onl...) - the shoplifting was bad enough but that compounded with rioting and COVID was too much for them to stay in business.