Hundreds of small businesses in Oakland, California, plan to strike Tuesday to protest what they claim is the city’s inadequate response to rampant crime, KTVU Fox 2 reported.
At least 200 restaurants, stores and offices will close between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m., and some businesses plan to remain shuttered until Wednesday, according to KTVU. Participants in the strike hope to raise awareness about the crime wave that has threatened the lives and safety of businesses and patrons across Oakland.
“We are all dying figuratively and literally. The business community has just gotten to the breaking point where everyday someone is having to choose to close their doors because they can no longer stay in business,” Ryan Dixon, a restaurant owner in Oakland, told ABC7 News on Monday. “Whether they’re getting broken into repeatedly, whether their staff is being held up or assaulted, shootings in front of our businesses. People are afraid to come to downtown Oakland right now.”
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