Philadelphia's City Council voted to remove bulletproof glass windows from certain local businesses Thursday, upsetting shop owners who fear for their safety.
The council passed the measure by a vote of 14-3 to remove protective glass that separates customers from the cash register. Lawmakers believe these stores may be serving as drug fronts and are attracting undesirable elements into the community, according to Fox News.
The legislation stops short of full removal, however, and states the city's Department of Licenses and Inspections must "promulgate regulations to provide for the use or removal of any physical barrier" in stores that offer food and alcohol by Jan. 1, 2021, Fox News Reports.
The City Council chamber was full of store clerks and owners who were against the measure. Mostly Asian-American residents spoke out and asked the council to reconsider, according to Fox29.


"I was the victim of a robbery when I was ten years old," said one store owner. "And I don't want that to happen again."

How does bullet proof glass lead to a place being a drug center?

I don't get a connection?


Other than the seller could be protected behind glass......

This seems very much like a thing that is not needed and won't change anything other than to make more robberies happen.

cowboycwr said:

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How does bullet proof glass lead to a place being a drug center?

I don't get a connection?


Other than the seller could be protected behind glass......

This seems very much like a thing that is not needed and won't change anything other than to make more robberies happen.

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cowboy would you please stop being so racist....

It is an 'indignity' to have to buy your food through bulletproof glass:

"It's an indignity" to make purchases through such a window, said City Councilwoman Cindy Bass in this Philadelphia Inquirer article. Bass and others believe the windows represent race and class differences and a "symbol of distrust."

So now the mostly Korean shop owners are going to have to arm and protect themselves

cowboycwr said:

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How does bullet proof glass lead to a place being a drug center?

I don't get a connection?


Other than the seller could be protected behind glass......

This seems very much like a thing that is not needed and won't change anything other than to make more robberies happen.

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For the same reason I purchase brown eggs. The inside of my reefer, I mean refrigerator is blue. Hope that helps.

cBUrurenthusism said:

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cowboycwr said:

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How does bullet proof glass lead to a place being a drug center?

I don't get a connection?


Other than the seller could be protected behind glass......

This seems very much like a thing that is not needed and won't change anything other than to make more robberies happen.

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cowboy would you please stop being so racist....

It is an 'indignity' to have to buy your food through bulletproof glass:

"It's an indignity" to make purchases through such a window, said City Councilwoman Cindy Bass in this Philadelphia Inquirer article. Bass and others believe the windows represent race and class differences and a "symbol of distrust."

So now the mostly Korean shop owners are going to have to arm and protect themselves

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Ah now I see. The Koreans, Pakistanis and middle eastern gas station owners are racist for wanting to protect themselves.

Oh wait was that racist to point out those 3 groups often own gas stations?

cowboycwr said:

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cBUrurenthusism said:

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cowboycwr said:

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How does bullet proof glass lead to a place being a drug center?

I don't get a connection?


Other than the seller could be protected behind glass......

This seems very much like a thing that is not needed and won't change anything other than to make more robberies happen.

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cowboy would you please stop being so racist....

It is an 'indignity' to have to buy your food through bulletproof glass:

"It's an indignity" to make purchases through such a window, said City Councilwoman Cindy Bass in this Philadelphia Inquirer article. Bass and others believe the windows represent race and class differences and a "symbol of distrust."

So now the mostly Korean shop owners are going to have to arm and protect themselves

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Ah now I see. The Koreans, Pakistanis and middle eastern gas station owners are racist for wanting to protect themselves.

Oh wait was that racist to point out those 3 groups often own gas stations?

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Hell even in white bread Katy Texas, the mobile and Texaco had bullet proof glass

cowboycwr said:

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How does bullet proof glass lead to a place being a drug center?

I don't get a connection?

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Great question

What is the rationale?