Amid nationwide protests in response to the immigration crackdown unfolding in Minnesota, several small businesses in Rochester plan to close in solidarity.
Rochester, N.Y. — Amid nationwide protests in response to the immigration crackdown unfolding in Minnesota, several small businesses in Rochester plan to close in solidarity."It hurts," he said, when asked about the viability of doing so.
"It definitely hurts. But right now, the stakes are so high that it feels like that's not important right now." A former journalist from India who became a U.S. citizen, Lama has watched continuing coverage of the protests that followed the deadly shootings of Renee Nicole Good and Alex Pretti in Minneapolis at the hands of federal immigration officers."As an immigrant myself, the news that has been coming out at the national level for a while has us pretty distressed," Lama added."A general strike affects everybody," said Larry Moss of Airigami. "If enough people participate, it will be seen by everybody, and that's the reason to do it." "Our staff was on board," Moss added. "I asked them if it was OK with them, so we won't do any deliveries on Friday." "I think it's important to know and for folks to understand that you know," said Rory Van Grol of Ugly Duck Coffee said. "Shutting down and striking in this way is not the only thing that you can do. You can call your Congress people. You can not spend money. You can show up in different ways." As calls grow louder for major changes or an end to the federal government's immigration crackdown, Lama said Friday's movement is born out of solidarity. "We always grew up looking at America as a beacon of democracy, of tolerance and such," Lama said. "And to have that so challenged, it feels very, very — it's heartbreaking to see what's going on."Greece, N.Y. — Police said a man and his 4-year-old son were found dead Monday in what's being investigated as a murder-suicide.A man has been charged with second-degree murder after a woman's body was found during a welfare check Monday in downtown Rochester.Third person dies following crash on West Ridge Road in GreecePortage, N.Y. — A report of a missing man led authorities to discover he had been killed in a snowmobile crash in Livingston County.
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