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Black-Owned Businesses At George Floyd Square Beg For Help Amid Spiking Crime, Nosediving Revenue

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Jon Brown
Black-Owned Businesses At George Floyd Square Beg For Help Amid Spiking Crime, Nosediving Revenue
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The black-owned businesses near the intersection where George Floyd died last May are pleading for help after suffering from plummeting revenue and skyrocketing crime.

Black-owned establishments near the corner of 38th Street and Chicago Avenue, which once thrived, have had to resort to a GoFundMe page after police have abandoned the area, which has since become “a dangerous autonomous zone that has seen crime spike and business evaporate,” according to the New York Post.

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