Chicago Mayor Pleads With Walmart, Other Retailers to Not Abandon City After Unrest

Chicago Mayor Pleads With Walmart, Other Retailers to Not Abandon City After Unrest
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot at McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill., on April 3, 2020. Chris Sweda-Pool via Getty Images
Jack Phillips
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot said that she hopes Walmart and other retailers won’t abandon Chicago after nights of looting and vandalism during protests triggered by the death of George Floyd.

Lightfoot told reporters that she was on a conference call with major retailers including Walmart, which had their stores looted or damaged by unrest in Chicago, pleading with them not to abandon the city.
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