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Don’t Take it Out on the Little Guy

I ACQUIRED PALMER’S BAR A couple of years ago. I just celebrated my two-year anniversary as owner, but we’ve been closed since March because of the COVID-19 pandemic. I woke up and had a good cry that morning. The bar is still shut down. It’s a very weird time.

And then these riots started a few nights ago. It’s heartbreaking. George Floyd was a bouncer at a bar not far from here. I didn’t know him, but I know people

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