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SQUAD: Walgreens’ Closures Due to Shoplifting Are ‘Acts of Racial Discrimination’
Squad-member Ayanna Pressley left millions of Americans scratching their heads this week when she called the closure of Walgreens Pharmacies due to violent crime “acts of racial discrimination.”
.@Walgreens' closures of pharmacies in Roxbury‚ Mattapan &; Hyde Park are not arbitrary or innocent.They are disruptive‚ life-threatening acts of racial &; economic discrimination.As a multi-billion-dollar corporation‚ they must stop divesting from Black &; brown communities. pic.twitter.com/iSvhFWw8Bl— Ayanna Pressley (@AyannaPressley) January 31‚ 2024
Watch her remarks above.