NEW YORK (AP) — Starbucks closed some New York City stores on Sunday “out of an abundance of caution” as cities across the U.S. braced for protests and potential unrest ahead of President-Elect Joe Biden’s inauguration. Starbucks spokesperson Jessica Conradson said the Manhattan stores were expected to reopen Monday.
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The Seattle-based company said it went ahead with the temporary closures because many people working in the stores live outside of Manhattan and might’ve gotten stuck from getting home if protests were to break out and disrupt transit service.
Some darkened stores had signs noting their temporary closure.
There were no major protests in New York City on Sunday. Public officials have said there are no specific, credible threats to the city stemming from the election or the violence Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol. The NYPD said it has increased security around certain government locations in the city as a precaution.
At the state capitol in Albany, it was a quiet day despite fears stoked by warnings of an armed protest, with a smattering of counter-protesters outnumbering Trump supporters.
These days remind me of the BLM protests. The only difference , now it’s only in the imagination of the mainstream media, while at the BLM protests it was actually dangerous to walk the streets of most downtowns
Bull. Just to make their opponents look bad.
Reminds me of the time I saw in the news how some sports team won some game and it was the supporters of the winning team that rampaged through the streets rioting.