Racial-justice protests put businesses in tough spot

Nancy Lavin

09/04/2020

UNEXPECTED: Rick Simone, executive director of the Federal Hill Commerce Association, says restaurants at DePasquale Square in Providence were caught by surprise by the activist group PROVX’s protest on Aug. 24. / PBN FILE PHOTO/ELIZABETH GRAHAM

Tensions are mounting between activists with the Black Lives Matter movement and the small-business community. At issue is whether the disruption caused by demonstrations, and in some cases violent riots and looting, is unfairly targeting already hard-hit small businesses that have nothing to do with the police brutality motivating the protests. Exemplifying this were recent

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