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<ul class="summary-list"><li>Family Dollar security guard <keyword id="9178414" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="calvin-munerlyn">Calvin Munerlyn</keyword> was shot and killed last week after getting in an argument with a customer over the state's mandated face-mask rule, prosecutors said. </li><li>Munerlyn's widow Latryna told <keyword id="82130" type="CITY" weightage="60" keywordseo="CNN">CNN</keyword> that Munerlyn's killing at the Flint, Michigan store was "senseless and stupid."</li><li>Three men have since been charged with first-degree murder and other firearms charges as a prosecutor said "Munerlyn was simply doing his job." </li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Calvin Munerlyn was working as a security guard at a Family Dollar in Flint, Michigan, last week when he <a href="https://www.insider.com/family-dollar-guard-flint-ichigan-killed-mask-law-2020-5">got into an argument </a>with a customer who wasn't following the state's mandated face-mask rule, prosecutors said.According to prosecutors, Munerlyn was shot dead when he wouldn't let a mother and her daughter in the store in what <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/06/us/security-guard-shot-mask-wife/index.html">his wife Latryna later called a "senseless and stupid" killing</a>.Munerlyn, 43, is survived by his wife, six children, and three stepchildren. Latryna told CNN's Don Lemon days after his death that he was "devoted, loving, kind-hearted, courageous, brave, just committed.""He was just loved everywhere," <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/06/us/security-guard-shot-mask-wife/index.html">she told the CNN host.</a>County prosecutors said that at about 2 p.m. on Friday, Munerlyn stopped two people from trying to enter the store: Sharmel Lasse Teague, 45, and her daughter.He stopped them, the officials said, because the unnamed daughter was not wearing a face mask.A Genesee County prosecutor, David Leyton, said in a press conference that Teague "began yelling at Munerlyn and spit at him and Munerlyn told her to leave the store and instructed a cashier not to serve her."The two left but returned 20 minutes later, the prosecutors said, when Teague came back in the same vehicle with two men — identified as her husband, Larry Edward Teague, 44, and her son Ramonyea Travon Bishop, 23.Prosecutors said Larry Teague accused Munerlyn of "disrespecting his wife" and Bishop then shot Munerlyn in the back of the head.Sharmel Teague, Larry Teague, and Ramonyea Bishop have since been charged with first-degree murder and other firearms charges."From all indications, Mr. Munerlyn was simply doing his job in upholding the Governor's Executive Order related to the <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> pandemic for the safety of store employees and customers," Leyton said in a statement."Now my babies (are) without a father for the rest of their life," Munerlyn's widow told CNN."My children are very, very strong," she said. "They are strong, and I say that man instilled something in them that can't nobody take away. My babies are super strong. They have been trying to cope with this and my baby boy said, 'As long as he's with God he's OK.'"A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/donations-for-duper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GoFundMe</a> created for Munerlyn's family had raised more than $331,000 as of May 6.Ashley Collman contributed to this report.Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/widow-of-guard-killed-enforcing-mask-rule-calls-death-senseless-2020-5">Insider</a>

A security guard was shot after telling a customer to wear a face mask. His widow calls the killing 'senseless and stupid.'

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A security guard at a Flint, <keyword id="18877" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Michigan">Michigan</keyword> Family Dollar was shot dead on Friday after getting in an argument with a customer over the state's mandated face mask rule, prosecutors said.</li><li>Calvin Munerlyn, 43, leaves behind a wife, six children, and three stepchildren.</li><li>Authorities charged three members of the same family with first-degree murder in Munerlyn's death: Sharmel Teague, her husband Larry Teague, and her son Ramonyea Travon Bishop.</li><li>Sharmel is in custody while her husband and son remain at large.</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>A Family Dollar security guard was shot and killed after getting into a fight with a woman over the state's face mask policy, prosecutors in Michigan said.Calvin Munerlyn, 43, died Friday afternoon after the deadly altercation at the Family Dollar in the city of Flint, where he's worked for the past year.He leaves behind a wife, six children, and three stepchildren.<div type="image" title="calvin munerlyn 1" height="1307" width="1743" msid="75553750" hostid="261"></div>During a Monday press conference, Genesee County prosecutors said that around 2 p.m. on Friday, Munerlyn stopped two people trying to enter the store: Sharmel Lasse Teague, 45, and her daughter.He stopped them, the officials said, because the daughter, who was not named, was not wearing a face mask.Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said that Teague "began yelling at Munerlyn and spit at him and Munerlyn told her to leave the store and instructed a cashier not to serve her."The two left, but returned 20 minutes later, the prosecutors said. Teague came back in the same vehicle with two men — identified as her husband Larry Edward Teague, 44, and her son Ramonyea Travon Bishop, 23. The incident was recorded by security cameras, the prosecutors said. Larry Teague reportedly accused Munerlyn of "disrespecting his wife," then Bishop shot Munerlyn in the back of the head, prosecutors said.When police arrived, Munerlyn was "unconscious and bleeding from his head." He was taken to Hurley Medical Center where he was pronounced dead, according to the <a href="https://eu.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2020/05/04/security-guard-told-flint-dollar-store-customer-wear-mask-before-being-fatally-shot/3078939001/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Detroit News</a>."From all indications, Mr. Munerlyn was simply doing his job in upholding the Governor's Executive Order related to the COVID-19 pandemic for the safety of store employees and customers," Leyton, the prosecutor, said in a statement.Sharmel Teague, Larry Teague, and Ramonyea Bishop have since been charged with first-degree murder and other firearms charges.Sharmel was arrested and is awaiting arraignment, while her husband and son have not been caught. Authorities say they should be considered armed and dangerous.A <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/donations-for-duper" target="_blank" rel="noopener">GoFundMe</a> created for Munerlyn's family had raised more than $153,000 as of Tuesday morning.Munerlyn's widow, Latryna Sims-Munerlyn, told <a href="https://www.mlive.com/news/flint/2020/05/slain-family-dollar-security-guard-mourned-at-candlelight-vigil.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">MLive.com</a> that he had worked in security for about three decades, and that one of his sons worked at the same Family Dollar."I need them to know this is my heart, my world and they can't stop his legacy out here. They can't," she said. "He's going to always live through me and his babies. Always."Munerlyn's death comes after protests in the state against Gov. <keyword id="4469212" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="Gretchen-Whitmer">Gretchen Whitmer</keyword>'s stay-at-home order, part of which requires residents to wear face masks in enclosed public areas."It is incredibly sad that in this crisis that this life was lost," Whitmer told reporters in response to Munerlyn's death."We are mindful of how important it is that people keep a level head, that we do the right thing protecting ourselves and others."Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/family-dollar-guard-flint-ichigan-killed-mask-law-2020-5">Insider</a>

A Family Dollar security guard was shot dead after trying to enforce Michigan's compulsory face mask law

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Two men refused to wear <keyword id="9418" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="masks">masks</keyword> during their trip to a <keyword id="6354803" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Los-Angeles">Los Angeles</keyword> <keyword id="6359938" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="target">Target</keyword> store, according to the LAPD.</li><li>Phillip and Paul Hamilton were being escorted out of the store when one of the men punched an employee before a fight broke out among the group, according to a department statement published alongside a video of the incident.</li><li>While on the ground, a store employee broke his left arm, the LAPD said.</li><li>The incident comes as the latest clash between retail employees and customers refusing to abide by face-mask policies.</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>Two men who refused to wear masks in a Los Angeles Target store were arrested for felony assault after one of them punched an employee, causing him to break his arm, the <a href="http://lapdonline.org/newsroom/news_view/66538">Los Angeles Police Department said in a statement. </a>The men, Phillip Hamilton, 31, and Paul Hamilton, 29, visited a Van Nuys Target on May 1 with no masks on in violation of the store's mask order, <keyword id="11098" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="police">police</keyword> said.A video posted by the department shows that when the Hamiltons were being escorted out of the store, one of them turned around "suddenly without provocation" and punched an employee, causing them both to call on the floor, according to the statement, before a fight broke out between the three employees and the men.While on the floor, the employee broke his left arm, the police statement said.Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics transported the store employee to a local hospital where was treated for his injuries, according to the statement. The Hamiltons were arrested and charged with felony battery, according to police, and are being held on $50,000 bail.This isn't the first incident to break out in a retail store over mask policies.Insider previously reported that a <a href="https://www.insider.com/family-dollar-guard-flint-ichigan-killed-mask-law-2020-5">Family Dollar security guard was fatally shot and died</a> on May 1 after getting into a fight with a woman over Michigan's face-mask policy, prosecutors said.Prosecutors said that Calvin Munerlyn stopped a mother and daughter from trying to enter the store because the daughter wasn't wearing a mask. After 45-year-old Sharmel Lasse Teague yelled at Munerlyn and left, she returned with two men, one of whom shot the security guard in the back of the head, according to prosecutors.Even as most US states have announced initial reopening policies for some businesses that will be gradually expanded, anti-lockdown protests have popped up across the country from <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/viral-armed-protesters-north-carolina-rocket-launcher-weapons-subway-pictures-2020-5">armed demonstrations in North Carolina</a> to <a href="https://www.insider.com/do-you-even-lift-bro-2020-5">squats and push-ups for an open gym in Florida</a>.Read the original article on <a href="https://www.insider.com/men-refused-to-wear-mask-fight-target-employees-2020-5">Insider</a>

2 Target customers who refused to wear face masks were arrested after a brawl that broke an employee's arm

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Police are searching for a gunman in connection with the killing of two women in a <keyword id="186376" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Family-Dollar">Family Dollar</keyword> parking lot.</li><li>Kayla Kyle and Kimberly Hunt were killed outside the store just before 5 p.m. on Friday in Lumberton, North Carolina.</li><li>On Tuesday, Lumberton police announced that 25-year-old Xavier Joseph Kenneth Green had been arrested for the killings.</li><li>"We are extremely saddened by the incident that occurred on Friday in the parking lot of one of our Lumberton store locations," a Family Dollar spokesperson told Business Insider. </li><li>The Family Dollar store where the double homicide took place has been the target of at least two other armed robberies in the past three years.</li><li>The killings come as dollar store chains face increased scrutiny over <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dollar-stores-general-family-tree-violent-crime-gun-deaths-reports-2020-6">in-store violence</a>.</li></ul>On Friday afternoon, a gunman shot and killed two women in the parking lot of a Family Dollar store in Lumberton, North Carolina.The attack claimed two lives — including one mother who was shot in front of her children. The double homicide is also just the latest violent incident that occurred at a national dollar store chain. Dollar store outlets like Family Dollar, its parent company Dollar Tree, and Dollar General have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dollar-stores-general-family-tree-violent-crime-gun-deaths-reports-2020-6">increasingly been singled out</a> in the press as frequently being the site of robberies, assaults, and even murders.In a statement sent to Business Insider, a Lumberton Police Department spokesperson said that officers were dispatched to a local Family Dollar around 4:56 p.m. to respond to a shooting.<div type="image" title="familly dollar shooting Xavier Joseph Kenneth Green" height="1036" width="800" msid="77223332" hostid="261"></div>The suspected shooter had been dropped off at the store's parking lot in a grey vehicle. The male suspect proceeded to shoot "into multiple vehicles that were backing out of parking spaces." On Tuesday, Lumberton police announced that 25-year-old Xavier Joseph Kenneth Green has been arrested. A police spokesperson said through a statement that Green was arrested around noon in his hometown of Florence, South Carolina. Police said that a tip led to Green's arrest. He has been arrested for two counts of first degree <keyword id="13542" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="Murder">murder</keyword>."The investigation is far from over," a spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement. "Investigators are still actively working these homicide investigations and seeking information."Victims 32-year-old Kayla Kyle and 42-year-old Kimberly Hunt had been killed in the store's parking lot. <a href="https://www.wral.com/surveillance-video-shows-suspect-in-lumberton-double-shooting/19203760/">WRAL reported Gilbert Baez</a> posted on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/gilbert.baez.3/posts/2637025333223863">Facebook</a> that Kyle was an Air Force veteran who attempted to fend off an attempted carjacking by the shooter.Baez wrote that Kyle "had just placed her nine-year-old son and one-year-old daughter in the backseat of her car. We're told that's when the gunman tried to steal her car."When Kyle attempted to drive off, Baez wrote that the gunman shot her several times.According to WRAL News, the suspect drove away from the scene in Hunt's car, which he then <a href="https://www.wral.com/surveillance-video-shows-suspect-in-lumberton-double-shooting/19203760/?version=amp">abandoned</a> near the store. A police spokesperson told Business Insider that at this time, the department believes the shooting was "random." <div type="image" title="family dollar murders 4" height="600" width="800" msid="77209470" hostid="261"></div>"We are extremely saddened by the incident that occurred on Friday in the parking lot of one of our Lumberton store locations," a Family Dollar spokesperson told Business Insider. "We are cooperating fully with local law enforcement on their investigation."The Family Dollar location was robbed previously on <a href="https://www.robesonian.com/news/104820/teen-jailed-on-3-armed-robberies">November 4, 2017</a> and <a href="https://www.wmbfnews.com/2020/03/09/police-arrest-four-juveniles-connected-lumberton-attempted-robbery-more-charges-expected/">February 22, 2020</a>.<div type="image" title="family dollar murders 2" height="600" width="800" msid="77209471" hostid="261"></div>The Lumberton Police Department is the lead agency on the case, although the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation is providing investigative assistance. Burnis Wilkins, the sheriff of Robeson County, also posted about the case on Facebook, noting that it now has a $5,000 reward for anyone with information leading to an arrest."There is really nothing I can say to make this any better for family members and friends of Kayla and Kim, but please know we are praying for peace and some sort of understanding," he wrote. The Lumberton shooting is not the first Family Dollar-related homicide to occur this summer. On May 1, Family Dollar security guard Calvin Munerlyn was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com.au/widow-of-guard-killed-enforcing-mask-rule-calls-death-senseless-2020-5">shot</a> and killed in Flint, Michigan over a dispute about masks. Three people have been charged in Munerlyn's murder, the Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/05/04/security-guards-death-might-have-been-because-he-wouldnt-let-woman-store-without-mask/">reported</a>.News outlets including <a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2020%2F06%2F26%2Fbusiness%2Fdollar-general-robberies%2Findex.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNN</a> and <a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.propublica.org%2Farticle%2Fhow-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pro Publica</a> have released extensive reports indicating that dollar store chains like Dollar General and Dollar Tree are prime targets when it comes to robberies and violent <keyword id="39494" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Crime">crime</keyword>.Meanwhile, police in North Carolina urged the public to come forward with information about the Lumberton Family Dollar shooter."This man has proven himself as an armed and dangerous coward and he should be treated as such," Wilkins wrote. "Let's find him before he does this again. At this point, he has nothing to lose. Come forward now. "The Lumberton Police Department asks that tipsters with information call 910-671-3845.Are you a dollar store employee with a story to share? Email confidential tips to acain@businessinsider.com.

Gunman kills 2 women outside a Family Dollar as dollar stores continue to suffer from a plague of violence

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A <keyword id="186376" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Family-Dollar">Family Dollar</keyword> security guard was shot and killed after he stopped a customer from entering the store because her daughter wasn't wearing a protective mask.</li><li>Experts say it is an example of a disturbing trend in the US of customers becoming more aggressive to <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> workers and security guards in stores as they revolt against new rules and restrictions put in place during the pandemic. </li><li>Workers are often required to make sure new rules are being enforced despite receiving little or no guidance from management on how to handle a volatile person. </li><li>Experts are now calling for more training to prevent deadly incidents such as these from happening again. </li><li><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/?hprecirc-bullet">Visit Business Insider's homepage for more stories</a>.</li></ul>A Family Dollar security guard at one of its Michigan stores was shot in the head and killed last week after he stopped a customer from entering the store because her daughter wasn't wearing a protective mask.<a href="https://twitter.com/dsleyton/status/1257375592032415746/photo/4">According to a statement from the police</a>, 43-year-old security guard Calvin Munerlyn got into an argument with the shopper after he told her that daughter needed to wear a mask to shop at the store, as <a href="https://www.crainsdetroit.com/retail/whitmer-orders-retail-employees-checkout-counters-wear-masks">per state-mandated orders</a>. The woman's husband and son allegedly came back to the store later on and shot the security guard in the back of the head. "From all indications, Mr. Munerlyn was simply doing his job in upholding the Governor's Executive Order related to the <keyword id="8763838" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="covid-19">COVID-19</keyword> pandemic for the safety of store employees and customers," Genesee County Prosecutor David Leyton said in the statement.While this an extreme example, experts say it is representative of concerning trend of customers becoming more aggressive to retail workers or security guards at stores in the US over new rules and restrictions put in place during the pandemic.Retail workers today find themselves not only having to worry about their own health and potentially catching the virus at work but also dealing with pools of increasingly hostile shoppers that they are having to police. Experts say this situation will only get worse as more stores across the country start to reopen and customers return to a new set of shopping rules. <h2>'We signed up to be cashiers but now we have to police the people'</h2>"In 30 plus years of studying retail and crisis situations, we have never seen a situation of customers being so rude to hourly employees," Larry Barton, a public safety and crisis management expert, wrote in an email to Business Insider."It's demoralizing and, as we saw with the shooting of the security guard, a sometimes deadly environment," he added. A Whole Foods store worker, who wished to remain anonymous through fear of retribution, recently told Business Insider's Hayley Peterson that they were being shouted at by customers on a daily basis. "I have had people yell at me for not wearing a face mask, and had people yell at me for wearing a face mask," they said. As the lockdown continues, other customers seem to be growing increasingly frustrating about new social distancing measures and lining up outside stores. Over the weekend, police were called to a <keyword id="294127" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Costco">Costco</keyword> store in New Rochelle, New York, after a crowd of shoppers lined up outside the store turned aggressive and started chanting when they were kept outside as the store opened 30 minutes later than expected."I thought I was going to get trampled," one customer, called Jose who was in the line outside at the time, told <a href="https://nypost.com/2020/05/02/new-york-costco-calls-cops-to-help-control-chaotic-crowds/">The New York Post.</a> Jose did not provide his full name. "It got dangerous for a while," he said.There have also been cases of customers becoming aggressive over restrictions on what items they can buy in stores. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/walmart-cashier-is-sprayed-with-lysol-amid-coronavirus-fears-police-2020-4">In April, for example, a woman attacked a Walmart cashier with Lysol disinfectant spray</a> after she was told that there was a limit on the number of Lysol products she could buy.Many retail workers are finding that their responsibilities have changed overnight and are required to make sure customers are abiding by the new rules, and most aren't compensated for this. "We signed up to be cashiers but now we have to police the people," the Whole Foods worker said. Barton said that workers are also receiving little or no guidance from management on how to handle a volatile person. "Retailers must train employees on de-escalating hostile persons now – before the need," he said. "I am very concerned that this summer, as temperatures rise, we will see a noteworthy increase in short tempers moving from verbal to physical. The time to prepare is now before a critical incident occurs," he added.If you are a retail worker and have a story to share please contact this reporter via encrypted messaging app <a href="https://signal.org/">Signal</a> at +1 (646) 768-4716 using a non-work phone, by email to mhanbury@businessinsider.com, or Twitter DM at @<a href="https://twitter.com/MarySHanbury">MarySHanbury</a>.Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-face-violence-from-shoppers-over-new-pandemic-rules-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

A Family Dollar security guard was killed after he refused to let a customer into the store because they weren't wearing a mask. Experts say acts of aggression are a terrifying trend on the rise in the retail sector.

<div type="image" title="gloves mask grocery shopping lockdown stay at home orders" height="1333" width="1778" msid="75868303" hostid="261"></div><ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">Retail</keyword> workers at chains, including Kroger, Waffle House, and <keyword id="294127" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Costco">Costco</keyword> ,are increasingly caught in the crossfire when it comes to enforcing store or state policies on personal protective equipment.</li><li>Some shoppers refuse to wear <keyword id="9418" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="masks">masks</keyword> or face coverings for political reasons. </li><li>In some cases, confrontations between store workers and customers have resulted in deadly violence.</li></ul>Kristine Holtham, a Kroger employee from Lansing, Michigan, recalled the last time she requested that a customer follow store rules and don a mask or face covering. The man refused to comply. Instead, he looked right at Holtham and said, "I don't give a damn about your health."The Kroger meat department employee described the incident to reporters during a United Food and Commercial Workers International press call, adding that she and her Kroger colleagues have increasingly begun to run up against shoppers who simply refuse to wear masks or face coverings for ideological reasons."Kroger ended our 'hero pay,' but the crisis is not over," Holtham said. "I face each day with anxiety and it gets worse when I see customers refuse to wear masks. I am a mother and my children need me to stay healthy."Kroger recently decided to stop its $2-an-hour pay bump, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/kroger-announces-new-bonuses-after-cutting-hazard-pay-2020-5">instead providing a $400 bonus</a>.Kroger did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment. "The employees are downright afraid to ask people to put on masks," Holtham told reporters on Wednesday. "Believe me, if you ask someone to put on a mask, it's like asking them to throw their gun away."As stores, states, and local governments encourage people to wear mask in public, retail workers are bearing the brunt of the backlash. And with such clashes on the rise, there have been a number of violent incidents endangering the lives of workers. Family Dollar security guard Calvin Munerlyn <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-face-violence-from-shoppers-over-new-pandemic-rules-2020-5">was shot and killed in early May</a> at one of the retailer's Michigan stores, after telling a shopper that she needed to wear a mask to shop at the store. The shopper's father shot Munerlyn in the back of the head later that day. Last week, a Waffle House customer <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/waffle-house-shooter-was-told-wear-mask-colorado-police-say-n1210951">opened fire</a>, shooting an employee at the Aurora, Colorado location, after being turned away by a cook for not wearing a mask.Neither Waffle House nor Family Dollar have policies on if customers have to wear masks. Workers were attempting to follow state orders in Colorado and Michigan that require or encourage people to wear masks when they leave their homes. <h2>Workers are stuck in the middle of a culture war </h2><div type="image" title="Costco" height="734" width="978" msid="75868306" hostid="261"></div>Retail workers have also faced backlash over <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-face-violence-from-shoppers-over-new-pandemic-rules-2020-5">other safety policies</a> that companies have rolled out to keep customers and employees safe during the coronavirus pandemic. A woman in Oklahoma City shot three McDonald's employees after she was told the fast-food chain had<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mcdonalds-employees-shot-in-oklahoma-city-over-covid-19-closure-2020-5" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"> closed dining rooms due to the pandemic.</a> And, earlier in May, a crowd outside a Costco in New Rochelle, New York, became aggressive when the warehouse opened 30 minutes later than expected,<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-face-violence-from-shoppers-over-new-pandemic-rules-2020-5"> resulting in the police being called. </a>"In 30-plus years of studying retail and crisis situations, we have never seen a situation of customers being so rude to hourly employees," Larry Barton, a professor of crisis management and public safety at the University of Central Florida, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-face-violence-from-shoppers-over-new-pandemic-rules-2020-5">told Business Insider's Mary Hanbury</a>."It's demoralizing and, as we saw with the shooting of the security guard, a sometimes deadly environment," he added.But UFCW International President Marc Perrone said that many retailers are failing to fully back or protect frontline employees on the issue of enforcing mask policies. He said that businesses "don't want to drive off their customers" by taking stricter measures. Perrone advocates for retailers to hire security guards to enforce PPE policies."We have been pushing for that for quite some time now, and the reason being is that these workers are not management, the consumer does not look at them as management," he said.<h2>Masks have become a political symbol</h2><div type="image" title="anti lockdown protest colorado" height="1286" width="1714" msid="75868309" hostid="261"></div>Masks have become increasingly politicized during the coronavirus pandemic.<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/is-it-safe-to-go-to-businesses-shops-restaurants-reopens-2020-5">Experts say</a> that everyone wearing a mask in a store is one of the best ways to make shopping safer for everyone involved, allowing businesses to reopen. However, "anti-maskers" have said that policies requiring people to wear masks infringe on their freedom. <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/people-boycott-costco-for-requiring-them-to-wear-masks-stores-2020-5">Costco faced boycott threats</a> when it became one of the first retailers to require all customers to wear masks in stores. Others rallied around Costco, <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/support-costco-coronavirus-face-mask-policy-backlash-2020-5">voicing support for the new safety policy. </a>A Whole Foods store worker <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-face-violence-from-shoppers-over-new-pandemic-rules-2020-5">told Business Insider's Hayley Peterson</a> that customers were shouting at them on a daily basis. The employee, and others in this article, were granted anonymity in order to speak frankly about the situation without fear of retribution. "I have had people yell at me for not wearing a face mask, and had people yell at me for wearing a face mask," the Whole Foods worker said. A worker at the Gap told Business Insider that customers refusing to wear masks puts her and other employees in a stressful and uncomfortable position. Gap is <a href="https://corporate.gapinc.com/en-us/articles/2020/05/gap-inc-outlines-strategic-plan-for-store-re-openi">encouraging</a> shoppers to wear masks, but not requiring it — something some shoppers see as permission to go mask-free in the store. "I just keep in mind that, [if I] get sick, I might be good to go, but my parents will not bounce back the same way," the Gap employee said. "I don't want to be a health hazard to them."Read the original article on <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-are-on-the-front-line-war-over-masks-2020-5">Business Insider</a>

Workers at chains like Kroger, Costco, and Waffle House are on the front lines of an increasingly violent war between mask supporters and opponents

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="2487591" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dollar-stores">Dollar stores</keyword> like <keyword id="361289" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dollar-General">Dollar General</keyword>, <keyword id="1764044" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dollar-Tree">Dollar Tree</keyword>, and <keyword id="186376" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Family-Dollar">Family Dollar</keyword> have been the target of violent crimes, according to two recent reports from <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/business/dollar-general-robberies/index.html">CNN</a> and <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing">Pro Publica</a>.</li><li><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing">Pro Publica</a> linked dollar stores to around 50 gun fatalities since 2017.</li><li>"We strive to create safe work and shopping environments by tailoring our store operations and security for each store," a Dollar Tree spokesperson told Business Insider.</li></ul>Dollar stores have experienced a spate of deadly and violent crime over the past few years, even as sales at discount retailers soared during the pandemic, according to recent reports from <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/business/dollar-general-robberies/index.html">CNN</a> and <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing">Pro Publica</a>.Dollar stores, which offer shoppers heavily-discounted goods, have seen massive growth in the United States since the Great Recession. Recently, chains like Dollar General have posted <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/dollar-general-tree-stores-coronavirus-2020-5">excellent sales</a> as shoppers seek out deals amid the <keyword id="1754604" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="coronavirus">coronavirus</keyword> pandemic.But news outlets including <a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2020%2F06%2F26%2Fbusiness%2Fdollar-general-robberies%2Findex.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNN</a> and <a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.propublica.org%2Farticle%2Fhow-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pro Publica</a> have reported that companies like Dollar General and Dollar Tree are prime targets when it comes to robberies and violent crime. A high-profile murder occurred outside a Family Dollar store in Flint, Michigan on May 1. Store security guard Calvin Munerlyn was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com.au/widow-of-guard-killed-enforcing-mask-rule-calls-death-senseless-2020-5">shot</a> and killed after a dispute with Ramonyea T. Bishop and Larry E. Teague over wearing face masks.A spokesperson for Dollar Tree Inc., which also owns Family Dollar, told Business Insider that "the safety and security of our customers and associates is a top priority." The Dollar Tree representative said that they could not "publicly share specific details" of the chains' security-related policies "to ensure the integrity of our security systems and procedures.""When violence in the communities we serve occurs, it affects everyone — including our stores," the spokesperson said. "We strive to create safe work and shopping environments by tailoring our store operations and security for each store. We are continually refining our processes and enhancing on-premise security and surveillance systems, as well as our associate training."Dollar General and the Federal Bureau of Investigation did not immediately respond to Business Insider's request for comment.But <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2020/06/26/business/dollar-general-robberies/index.html">CNN's</a> Nathaniel Meyersohn spoke with former Dollar General executives about security issues within the chain. These former company leaders compared Dollar General's security tactics to a game of "whack-a-mole.""Every night I was just waiting for there to be a phone call that said, 'Hey we've lost somebody,'" former divisional loss prevention director Brian Flannery told CNN.And a number of factors are likely contributing to the trend of violence at discount chains. <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing">Pro Publica's</a> Alec MacGillis reported that Dollar General's major expansion across the country and presence in "high-crime neighborhoods" both put dollar stores at risk.GBP Radio, an NPR <a href="https://www.gpbnews.org/post/why-would-someone-rob-dollar-store">affiliate</a> in Georgia, spoke to Middle Georgia State University criminal justice professor Jeff Tarver on a slew of dollar store robberies in 2017 in the Macon region."They know they're not going to be getting a lot of money," he told the radio station. "It's just the convenience of being able to get in and get out quickly and have a couple dollars in your pocket."The result is a deadly wave of <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> crime.According to <a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/how-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing">Pro Publica</a>, the Gun Violence Archive found there have been 50 gun deaths resulting from "violent incidents" at both Family Dollar or Dollar General since 2017. CNN reported that six Dollar General employees have died in store robberies since 2016.Are you a dollar store employee with a story to share? Email acain@businessinsider.com.

Dollar stores have seen a wave of violent crime even as the discount retailers thrive during coronavirus

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Lowe's will not ask its employees to enforce its mandatory in-store mask rule over fears of violent anti-mask shoppers. </li><li>The home improvement retailer's new <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/list-of-chains-requiring-customers-wear-masks-walmart-starbucks-2020-7#lowes-15">policy</a> mandating that all shoppers don masks or facial coverings went into effect July 20.</li><li><a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/whats-in-store/article244375197.html">The Charlotte Observer</a>'s Joe Marusak was first to report that workers will not be asked to enforce the order.</li><li>A Lowe's spokesperson said that the company "will not ask our associates to put their safety at risk by confronting customers about wearing masks."</li><li>"Safety has been and continues to be our priority," a Lowe's spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement.</li></ul>Lowe's just joined the ranks of retailers requiring customers to wear masks or facial coverings in all its locations across the United States. But employees working in the stores will not be allowed to enforce the new rule due to fears of risking violence from anti-mask shoppers.On July 20, Lowe's began <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/list-of-chains-requiring-customers-wear-masks-walmart-starbucks-2020-7#lowes-15">mandating</a> that all shoppers don masks or facial coverings in order to shop. "For the safety of everyone in our stores, we ask that customers wear masks, and to make this new standard less restrictive, we will make masks available to those who need them," CEO Marvin Ellison said in a <a href="https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/press-releases/lowes-adopts-nationwide-standard-customers-wear-masks-all-us-stores-07-17-20">statement</a>.The company also offered to distribute disposable masks to customers lacking personal protective equipment. But a day after the order went into effect, the <a href="https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/business/biz-columns-blogs/whats-in-store/article244375197.html">Charlotte Observer</a>'s Joe Marusak first reported that the company will not permit its employees to enforce the new policy.The reason? Much like the mask mandate, Lowe's' official policy barring the actual enforcement of that rule centers around safety concerns — specifically that customers could become violent if told to leave the store."We will not ask our associates to put their safety at risk by confronting customers about wearing masks, so we are consistently requesting that customers wear masks for the safety of everyone in our stores," a Lowe's spokesperson said in a statement to Business Insider. A current Lowe's employee told Business Insider that if a customer refuses to don a mask or a facial covering, "we are supposed to say thank you and let them continue."The company spokesperson said that the retailer will continue to take steps to prevent the spread of disease in its stores. Lowe's will add signs encouraging shoppers to wear masks at store entrances, hand out free masks to shoppers without facial coverings, and employ "overhead announcements, signage and ambassadors" to "reinforce social distancing at our stores.""Safety has been and continues to be our priority," the spokesperson added.Lowe's is just the latest <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword>er to attempt the balancing act that comes with enforcing public health measures within stores. Retail workers have long been stuck in the middle of an increasingly hostile culture war over coronavirus-related <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-are-on-the-front-line-war-over-masks-2020-5">policy</a>. Retailers like Office Depot have released entire <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/office-depot-workers-how-to-avoid-violence-with-unmasked-shoppers-2020-7">memos</a> breaking down how workers can safely confront shoppers flouting mask or social distancing rules.And the results of this clash have been, at times, brutal. Hundreds of McDonald's workers have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/workers-face-verbal-and-physical-assaults-from-anti-mask-customers-2020-7">reported</a> assaults perpetuated by anti-mask diners. In May, 43-year-old Family Dollar security guard Calvin Munerlyn was shot and killed in Flint, Michigan after an <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-face-violence-from-shoppers-over-new-pandemic-rules-2020-5">argument</a> over masks.The CDC currently calls on Americans to don masks and facial coverings to curb the spread of the virus, as the pandemic's death toll in the US has crossed 144,000.<h2>Read Lowe's' full statement:</h2>Safety has been and continues to be our priority. We will not ask our associates to put their safety at risk by confronting customers about wearing masks, so we are consistently requesting that customers wear masks for the safety of everyone in our stores. We are adding signage to this effect at all of our entrances, providing free masks at our customer service desks for those who need them and continuing to reinforce social distancing at our stores through overhead announcements, signage and ambassadors.Work at Lowe's or Home Depot? 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Lowe's won't allow employees to enforce its in-store mask rule over fears of violent anti-mask shoppers

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A former <keyword id="361289" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Dollar-General">Dollar General</keyword> is suing the <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword> giant after he was stabbed and shot in multiple armed <keyword id="101795" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="robberies">robberies</keyword> at his store in San Antonio, Texas.</li><li>According to a <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/Dollar-General-employee-who-was-stabbed-shot-15492915.php?fbclid=IwAR0Wv3a-O9D8uIpBwAoNnwl-LQwuSr8efu7zeY7JNkSbZ1A6shyZFedKZqw">report</a> from San Antonio Express-News journalist Patrick Danner, Timothy Ray Ramos survived three armed robberies between November 21, 2017 and November 9, 2018.</li><li>He filed a lawsuit against Dollar General in San Antonio on August 13.</li></ul>A former Dollar General employee seriously injured twice during three robberies over the course of 12 months is now filing a lawsuit against the chain.San Antonio Express-News journalist Patrick Danner <a href="https://www.expressnews.com/business/local/article/Dollar-General-employee-who-was-stabbed-shot-15492915.php?fbclid=IwAR0Wv3a-O9D8uIpBwAoNnwl-LQwuSr8efu7zeY7JNkSbZ1A6shyZFedKZqw">reported</a> that ex-store worker Timothy Ray Ramos was stabbed and shot in two separate incidents at the same Dollar General location in San Antonio, Texas.Ramos was working in the store when it was robbed on November 21, 2017, the newspaper reported. Two weeks later, armed robbers stabbed him in the neck. And on November 9, 2018, a robber shot Ramos multiple times.Ramos' lawyer did not immediately respond to comment. A Dollar General spokesperson told Business Insider that the company is unable to publicly comment on pending litigation."Nevertheless, do note that the safety and security of our customers and employees is a top priority, and we employ a number of measures designed to create and maintain a safe work environment for our employees and a safe shopping environment for our customers, all while protecting company assets," the Dollar General spokesperson said. "Our safety and security measures take into account not only federal and state laws and requirements, but also reflect the highest levels of retail industry standards and law enforcement agency recommendations."The Dollar General spokesperson went on to say that the company provides employees with an "award-winning and world-class training department""We do not publicly provide specifics on specific safety and security measures in our stores, as to do so potentially compromises the integrity of these measures, provides a roadmap to would-be wrongdoers, and may place customers and employees at risk," the spokesperson said.Public records say that Ramos filed an injury lawsuit against Dolar General in San Antonio on August 13. The San Antonio Express-News reported that the former employee is asking for $1 million in his suit. Nathaniel Alexander Panvini, Kameron Anthony Green, and Hector Fabian Aguliar — three robbers that are alleged in injuring Ramos — are also named as defendants.Dollar General and other dollar store chains, like Dollar Tree and Family Dollar, have been increasingly under scrutiny over violent in-store incidents.On May 1, Family Dollar security guard Calvin Munerlyn was <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com.au/widow-of-guard-killed-enforcing-mask-rule-calls-death-senseless-2020-5">shot</a> and killed in Flint, Michigan over a dispute about the store's coronavirus mask policy. On July 24, a gunman also shot and killed two women in a Family Dollar parking lot in <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/family-dollar-murders-gunman-shoots-kills-two-women-lumberton-2020-7">Lumberton, North Carolina</a>.News outlets including <a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2020%2F06%2F26%2Fbusiness%2Fdollar-general-robberies%2Findex.html%3FsubId3%3Dxid%3Afr1597868363025feg&amp;xid=fr1597868363025feg5feg" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">CNN</a> and <a href="https://slack-redir.net/link?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.propublica.org%2Farticle%2Fhow-dollar-stores-became-magnets-for-crime-and-killing" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pro Publica</a> have released extensive reports indicating that dollar store chains like Dollar General and Dollar Tree are prime targets when it comes to robberies and violent <keyword id="39494" type="ORGANIZATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="Crime">crime</keyword>.<h2>Read Dollar General's full statement here:</h2>At this time, we are unable to publicly comment on pending litigation.Nevertheless, do note that the safety and security of our customers and employees is a top priority, and we employ a number of measures designed to create and maintain a safe work environment for our employees and a safe shopping environment for our customers, all while protecting company assets. Our safety and security measures take into account not only federal and state laws and requirements, but also reflect the highest levels of retail industry standards and law enforcement agency recommendations.Our award-winning and world-class training department provides education for employees on measures that are designed to prevent, deter and if necessary, respond to criminal activity in our stores. We do not publicly provide specifics on specific safety and security measures in our stores, as to do so potentially compromises the integrity of these measures, provides a roadmap to would-be wrongdoers and may place customers and employees at risk. Are you a dollar store employee? Send tips to acain@businessinsider.com.

Ex-Dollar General employee files $1 million lawsuit against the chain after surviving multiple armed robberies on the job

<ul class="summary-list"><li>An argument over <keyword id="9418" type="PERSON" weightage="60" keywordseo="masks">masks</keyword> in a Lowe's store in June resulted in one man spitting on the other, a lawsuit alleges.</li><li>John Birke said another shopper spat on him four times after Birke confronted him about not wearing a mask inside.</li><li>Birke filed a $20 million lawsuit against Lowe's in mid-July.</li></ul>A Lowe's shopper is suing the home-improvement giant, seeking at least $20 million, alleging that another customer spat on him during an argument over the chain's mask policy.John Birke visited a Lowe's store in West Hills, California, around noon on June 28, donning a Joe Biden 2020 face mask. California was 10 days into Gov. Gavin Newsom's <a href="https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-06-18/california-mandatory-face-masks-statewide-order-coronavirus-gavin-newsom">mandatory mask order</a> for indoor public spaces.<a href="https://www.chamberlitigation.com/sites/default/files/John%20Birke%20v.%20Lowe%27s%20Home%20Centers.pdf">The suit, filed in mid-July</a>, said Birke was looking to purchase an elevated toilet seat because his wife, a 72-year-old cancer survivor with asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, was about to undergo hip-replacement surgery. It also said Birke had lived with asthma for over 56 years.As he shopped, Birke confronted a man who wasn't wearing a face covering. When the man refused to wear one, Birke asked two Lowe's employees to intervene, but they declined, and Birke told the man he was calling the police and dialed 911, the lawsuit said.The maskless shopper then spat in Birke's face four times "in rapid succession," the lawsuit said, adding that while a nearby employee said, "You just spit in his face," nobody helped.The suit took issue with Lowe's claim that its shoppers' health "is our priority during the COVID-19 virus."Lowe's declined to comment to Business Insider because the incident is the subject of pending litigation.Lowe's said earlier this summer that customers would be asked to wear masks. "For the safety of everyone in our stores, we ask that customers wear masks, and to make this new standard less restrictive, we will make masks available to those who need them," CEO Marvin Ellison said in a <a href="https://corporate.lowes.com/newsroom/press-releases/lowes-adopts-nationwide-standard-customers-wear-masks-all-us-stores-07-17-20">statement</a> on July 17.However, citing concerns about <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/lowes-not-enforcing-store-mask-rules-violent-shoppers-2020-7">employees' safety</a>, the home-improvement giant has also told its workers to avoid confrontations with anti-mask shoppers."We will not ask our associates to put their safety at risk by confronting customers about wearing masks, so we are consistently requesting that customers wear masks for the safety of everyone in our stores," a Lowe's representative previously said in a statement to Business Insider.A current Lowe's employee told Business Insider that if a customer refuses to don a mask or a facial covering, "we are supposed to say thank you and let them continue."Like other national <keyword id="6354851" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="retail">retail</keyword>ers, Lowe's is grappling with a fierce — sometimes violent — subset of shoppers who refuse to wear masks. Retail workers have found themselves in the middle of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-are-on-the-front-line-war-over-masks-2020-5">a heated culture war over coronavirus-related policies</a>.Companies like Office Depot have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/office-depot-workers-how-to-avoid-violence-with-unmasked-shoppers-2020-7">released memos</a> breaking down how workers can safely confront shoppers flouting mask rules or social-distancing guidelines. Hundreds of McDonald's workers have <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/workers-face-verbal-and-physical-assaults-from-anti-mask-customers-2020-7">reported being verbally or physically assaulted</a> by anti-mask diners. In May, a Family Dollar security guard, Calvin Munerlyn, 43, was shot and killed in Flint, Michigan, after an <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/retail-workers-face-violence-from-shoppers-over-new-pandemic-rules-2020-5">argument over masks</a>.Birke told Business Insider that he tested negative for COVID-19 two weeks after the incident. His complaint said Lowe's lack of mask enforcement in its stores could "affect a substantial number of persons that might be dangerously exposed to COVID-19."Birke said he thought the hyperpartisan divide over wearing masks was partly to blame, though he added that the man who spat on him — who wasn't identified in the lawsuit — never invoked politics."I do think it's like a skirmish in a civil war in this country," he told Business Insider. "I find it really revolting, and to think that the idea of protecting other people has become such a partisan political issue?"Are you a home-improvement employee with a story to share? 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A Lowe's customer filed a $20 million lawsuit against the home-improvement retailer alleging that an anti-mask shopper flouted the store's facial-covering rules and spat in his face

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