{"id":421118,"date":"2021-04-14T11:28:31","date_gmt":"2021-04-14T15:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=421118"},"modified":"2021-04-14T11:28:34","modified_gmt":"2021-04-14T15:28:34","slug":"retailers-are-reconsidering-whether-to-call-police-for-nonviolent-offenses-as-trial-over-george-floyds-death-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/retailers-are-reconsidering-whether-to-call-police-for-nonviolent-offenses-as-trial-over-george-floyds-death-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Retailers Are Reconsidering Whether To Call Police For Nonviolent Offenses As Trial Over George Floyd\u2019s Death Continues"},"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\">34<\/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%2Fretailers-are-reconsidering-whether-to-call-police-for-nonviolent-offenses-as-trial-over-george-floyds-death-continues%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=421118&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--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1842.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>A call from a corner store regarding a fake $20 bill prompted police to pursue George Floyd on May 25, 2020 \u2013 an encounter that ended his life.<\/p>\n<p>Following Floyd\u2019s death, the corner store said it wouldn\u2019t call the police for nonviolent offenses anymore, with the store\u2019s co-owner writing on Facebook that he and his family were \u201cdeeply saddened for our part of this tragedy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe realize now that escalating situations to the police almost always does more harm than good,\u201d Cup Foods co-owner Mahmoud Abumayyaleh wrote on Facebook. \u201cBy simply following procedure we are putting our communities in danger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Abumayyaleh also defended the riots that occurred in the wake of Floyd\u2019s death and urged people to call the Minneapolis District Attorney\u2019s office to voice their concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Now, more retailers are starting to reconsider whether or not to call the police for low-level, nonviolent crimes like the one that led to Floyd\u2019s death, the Star Tribune <a href=\"https:\/\/www.startribune.com\/retailers-urged-to-re-think-police-calls-for-low-level-crimes-after-george-floyd-s-death\/600044887\/?refresh=true\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Leon Buck, vice president for banking and financial services at the National Retail Federation, told the Tribune that a group of nearly 90 major retail brands meet virtually once a month to discuss diversity programs and implicit bias.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think maybe years ago when companies started implementing diversity programs, it was because maybe there was a reaction to incidents, [but] now the frame of mind is that we have to be proactive to implement programs,\u201d Buck told the outlet.<\/p>\n<p>The owners of smaller stores told the Tribune they are trying their best to avoid police confrontations.<\/p>\n<p>Diya Shuaibi,&nbsp;who manages Premium Stop in St. Paul, Minnesota, told the Tribune that he tries to avoid calling police as much as possible and has store rules displayed in plain view. He told the outlet that if someone gives him money he believes to be fake, he will ask them to leave the money and the store or he will call police. He said that usually the threat of police ends the situation, but added that he was prepared to call the cops if he felt unsafe.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are living on the streets,\u201d he told the Tribune. \u201cI\u2019m trying to protect myself as much as I can. There\u2019s no option except the police. \u2026 We are on our own.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Hussein Khatib, who co-owns Adam\u2019s Food and Fuel in St. Paul, also told the Tribune he tries not to call police and instead tries to de-escalate potential problems, such as when he catches someone young who is stealing. Instead of calling the police, Khatib said he tries to talk to the shoplifter and maybe even their parents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to gain community trust. \u2026 You have to be involved within your community,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cYou have to give respect to earn respect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former police officer Derek Chauvin is currently on trial for the death of George Floyd. Chauvin has been charged with second-degree murder, third-degree murder, and manslaughter. He could be found guilty for all, some, or none of the charges.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A call from a corner store regarding a fake $20 bill prompted police to pursue George Floyd on May 25, 2020 \u2013 an encounter that ended his life.Following Floyd\u2019s death, &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2312162,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1842.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Retailers Are Reconsidering Whether To Call Police For Nonviolent Offenses As Trial Over George Floyd\u2019s Death Continues","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-421118","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/fb_image-1842.jpeg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Retailers Are Reconsidering Whether To Call Police For Nonviolent Offenses As Trial Over George Floyd\u2019s Death Continues","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421118","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421118"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421118\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2312162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421118"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421118"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421118"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}