CVS (now jobless) employees speak out against violence in Baltimore.

[justhanginon]

29. I live in the St. Louis area and we see on local TV the

business owners in the impacted areas of Ferguson asking for people to please come back and patronize them again. A few have just thrown in the towel and gone out of business altogether.
I used to live in that very area of Ferguson and friends of mine used to meet me as a halfway point around there for lunch. I have tried and I cannot get them to come anywhere near the area. Then last night there was trouble again as shots were fired during a demonstration, two people were hit and a store was looted for the third time. It is a sad situation and so many innocent people are being impacted. Jobs lost, businesses closed and lives probably ruined by now having criminal records as they slowly identify some of the looters and arsonists form in store cameras and showing the pictures on TV.
What makes it even sadder, north st. louis county is not generally a particularly prosperous area but it was beginning to make good progress with restaurants and small owner occupied stores when the rioting hit. I truly hope it can come back but it will be a long hard slog.