WARNING: Language in photos is reprehensible and racist.
Black-owned Clovis store, Just My Essentials, was vandalized overnight.
@ClovisPolice_CA are now investigating.
“BLM” crossed out, N-bombs marked instead, and products taken and destroyed.
@ClovisPolice_CA Owner Chanel Wapner says she's the *only* Black store owner in the @OldTownClovis area and this isn't the first time she's been a target for hatred.
And for the people who seem so eager to accuse the victim of this crime... (there were a lot on Facebook pretty quickly.)
She reported this to police.
Filing a false report is a crime.
Her husband is a criminal defense attorney.
They know the law.
This isn’t faked.
From police:
P.S. They don’t want a GoFundMe.
They tell me it’s almost all covered by insurance.
They’re mostly just upset about the racial aspect.
But they tell me to encourage people to visit the store when they have product on the shelves again in a couple weeks.
So...minds change.
When Clovis city council member Bob Whalen offered a GoFundMe page, Chanel Wapner accepted.
Here it is:
gofundme.com/f/restore-just…
HATE CRIME
Clovis mayor and city council members held a short press conference to address what they have now officially labeled a commercial burglary and *hate crime*.
facebook.com/watch/?v=77536…
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