“They Don’t Care If They Kill You For $2, Or $5, Or $10” — One Chicago Liquor Store Owner Fights Back

By James England

CHICAGO, ILLINOIS — Another liquor store in Chicago, another armed robbery. No surprises there. But at least this clerk tried to fight back with a gun of his own.

A Chicago liquor store owner described a harrowing ordeal where he was armed at gun point, deprived of merchandise, cell phone, and wallet, but at least attempted to chase down the suspects after the fact.

via NBC Chicago

“He left me no choice, what would you do?” Khoshava said of his predicament. “They don’t care if they kill you for $2, or $5, or $10, you know what I mean?”

If anything, the hoods in the area now likely know this is one liquor store owner who will attempt to fight back in the future. Store owners in the Chicago area are prime targets for criminal enterprise. From extortion, racketeering to armed robbery, it seems no area of Chicago is immune from a perpetual crime wave that has become the “new norm”.

Less than a week ago, we reported on one Chicago clerk who managed to successfully fight back. It doesn’t shift overnight, though. Chicago isn’t going to go from its current Mogadishu-level urban conflict to mostly peaceful city in a course of …Read the Rest

Source:: Concealed Nation