Retail giant Target will close its only location in Oakland, Calif. next month after the downtown location received over 100 emergency calls from thefts to hit-and-run incidents.
A target no more.
Retail giant Target is set to shutter its crime-riddled downtown Oakland store after police responded to 105 calls for smash and grab thefts and other incidents so far this year alone.on Oct. 21 because of smash and grab thefts and safety concern for employees and shoppers. So far this year, Oakland Police responded to burglaries, hit-and-run incidents, fights and alarms going off at all hours at the downtown Oakland location, cops toldEight of the nine stores are in flaship woke Western areas which have been plagued by drug addiction and crime: The San Francisco Bay area, Seattle and Portland.
The two-floor Oakland location on 2650 Broadway was also looted in May 2020 during the community unrest over the death of George Floyd, a black man who died after a white policeman in Minneapolis kneeled on his neck for several minutes. Oakland’s crime rate has seen an 18% increase in robberies with 463 incidents so far this year compared to last,
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