{"id":1943280,"date":"2023-06-02T20:42:02","date_gmt":"2023-06-03T00:42:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/claims-of-racial-profiling-after-chicago-walgreens-removes-all-but-two-aisles-from-customers-view\/"},"modified":"2023-06-02T20:45:01","modified_gmt":"2023-06-03T00:45:01","slug":"claims-of-racial-profiling-after-chicago-walgreens-removes-all-but-two-aisles-from-customers-view","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/claims-of-racial-profiling-after-chicago-walgreens-removes-all-but-two-aisles-from-customers-view\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Walgreens accused of &#8216;racial profiling&#8217; for removing most aisles from view."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fclaims-of-racial-profiling-after-chicago-walgreens-removes-all-but-two-aisles-from-customers-view%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1943280&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Walgreens&#8217; New Store Model Sparks Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>Walgreens recently introduced a new store model in downtown Chicago, featuring only two aisles where customers can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/at-home-covid-test-deliveries-delayed-after-wild-west-style-train-robberies\/\" title=\"At-Home Covid Test Deliveries Delayed After \u2018Wild West-Style Train Robberies\u2019\">grab items<\/a> themselves. Everything else requires customers to use a kiosk to place an order that will be waiting for them at the counter. The company claims that this new design will increase customer service, mitigate theft, and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/peloton-recalls-treadmills\/\" title=\"Peloton Recalls Treadmills\">increase safety<\/a> for customers and employees. However, the new concept has already flunked the racism litmus test.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<h3>Chicago Resident Claims New Anti-Theft Walgreens Is \u201cRacial Profiling, Why Don\u2019t You Trust Your Customers\u201d<\/h3>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">READ MORE: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MjvlhcGLW1\">https:\/\/t.co\/MjvlhcGLW1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Parker (@ucorio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ucorio\/status\/1664728179204927491?\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Some Twitter users and a street cleaner and neighborhood peacekeeper with Readi Chicago, Jacoby Gunn, have labeled the new store model as racial profiling. Gunn said, \u201cI don\u2019t understand why they had to move everything to the back at just this store. \u2026 There\u2019s crime everywhere. It\u2019s racial profiling. Why don\u2019t you trust your customers?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, not everyone is against the new store model. Mu Ergin, a resident of the South Loop area where the store is located, said the previous layout produced a store that was \u201cdirty, smelly and not properly organized.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Walgreens told CWBChicago that the company was \u201ctesting a new experience at this store with new concepts, technologies, and practices to enhance the experiences of our customers and team members.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Twitter Reactions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Damn straight it\u2019s racial profiling. And a smart move by Walgreens.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 The ghost of Dean Munson (@sandlewoodideas) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sandlewoodideas\/status\/1664680645602181145?\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It\u2019s corporate speak.<br \/>\nIf they told the truth, Mayor BJ would attack them the way Mayor Lightweight attacked retailers who told the truth.<br \/>\nWalgreens should leave. All retailers should leave. They aren\u2019t profitable in Chicago *because* of Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 whoamI (@Jeffislouie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jeffislouie\/status\/1664687935151648768?\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">2\/2 Walgreens in Chicago has to lock up most merchandise in store b\/c theft is being allowed by elected officials<\/p>\n<p>People who don\u2019t steal have to be inconvenienced to shop just to get their stuff outta lockup<\/p>\n<p>We MUST FIGHT BACK against this becoming \u2018the norm\u2019. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WakeUp?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WakeUp<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/StandUp?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#StandUp<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 WakeUP2022 (@WUp2022) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WUp2022\/status\/1664520301605183489?\">June 2, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Let\u2019s be honest. It\u2019s not \u201canti-theft\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s \u201canti-disinvested-traumatized-black-silly-youth\u201d<\/p>\n<p>And while we\u2019re at it\u2026kinda seems like Walgreens is being a bit racist with this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/amazons-grocery-business-has-become-an-expensive-hobby\/\" title=\"Amazon\u2019s Grocery Business Has Become an \u201cExpensive Hobby\u201d\">store layout<\/a>, don\u2019t cha think? <\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Chicago is Toast (@Chicagos_Toast) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Chicagos_Toast\/status\/1664007754145583105?\">May 31, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new store model is still in the testing phase, and it remains to be seen whether Walgreens will implement it in other locations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walgreens&#8217; new store model aimed at reducing theft has failed the racism test. The design features only two aisles in one Chicago store, with customers required to use a kiosk to order everything else. 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