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Preparing for Unrest: Businesses Boarding Up, Police Preparing to Monitor Polling Stations Featured

Written by Mary Chastain
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“It’s clearly a potential triggering event.”

Cities across the country started preparations for possible chaos after Tuesday’s election.

Something tells me riots will only happen if President Donald Trump beats Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden.

 

New York

Let’s start with the big one: New York City!

It’s been bedlam in NYC since Mayor Bill de Blasio shut down everything due to the coronavirus and riots after George Floyd’s death in late May.

Businesses in NYC aren’t taking chances:

Shops including Chanel on Spring Street in Soho, Levi’s and Gucci in the neighborhood and others along Greene Street like Dior have taken those precautions.

Also boarded up were chain stores such as Staples, Ann Taylor, and a Bed Bath & Beyond in Chelsea, as well as the iconic Macy’s flagship in Herald Square.

High-end Manhattan retailers like Bloomingdale’s, Saks Fifth Avenue, Louis Vuitton, Bergdorf Goodman and Tourneau have also boarded up their storefronts.

Vincent Vallelong, vice president of New York-based Sergeants Benevolent Association, spoke to the Daily Caller:

The vice president of the New York-based Sergeants Benevolent Association, Vincent Vallelong, told the Daily Caller News Foundation that he hadn’t seen such disaster preparation in his city since the 9/11 terrorist attacks.

This article was sourced from LegalInsurrection

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