I posted about this proposal a few weeks ago, thinking it was a joke and no one in their right mind would pass it as a law. I was badly mistaken. The fucking dimwitted liberal scum on the Phila City Council passed it overwhelmingly. And the brain dead asshole mayor is going to sign it. He’s a ball-less wonder. Why is it that only Asians run these businesses in a city where the overwhelming population is black? Where are all those black Obama entrepreneurs? The Asian shop owners should just close up and move to the suburbs where the dindus won’t shoot them dead for beer and smokes.
Shopkeepers in Philadelphia’s neighborhood convenience stores that serve food and beverages, locally referred to as “beer delis,” face a legal prohibition on the thick glass barriers around cashiers that protect them from stickup artists wielding guns, knives, and other weapons. Because the shopkeepers predominately are Asian, and the customers (and robbers) are mostly black, this imbroglio looks a lot like a racist quest for vengeance against a commercially successful minority group.
Julie Shaw of the Philadelphia Inquirer provides the details:
Despite strong opposition from Asian American beer deli owners and their supporters, Philadelphia City Council voted, 14-3, Thursday to approve a bill that most members said would enhance neighborhoods, but that the merchants fear could jeopardize their safety and livelihood.
Mayor Kenney’s office said he would sign the bill.
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