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Updated on March 16, 2021 at 5:04 pm
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“I couldn’t believe it,” Zachary Hamlett said. “I was like, ‘What? What? Why could anyone do this?’ ”
Hamlett was standing behind the counter of his future coffee shop in Lemon Grove, which he will call The Hamlett. He looked straight ahead at the three windows he already fixed.
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“And then, Boom!” Hamlett said, looking at another wall of windows. ”They go after another one, and now, now reality is really hitting me hard.”
LEMON GROVE (KUSI) – A Black owned business in Lemon Grove fells victim to its second attack of vandalism within six weeks.
Over the weekend the windows of ‘Hamlett Coffee Shop’ were smashed for a second time leaving the business exposed and vulnerable to further damage.
Other black owned businesses in the area say they have also been the target of similar acts of vandalism.
Nineteen year-old business owner, Zachary Hamlett, said on Good Morning San Diego he wants Lemon Grove’s leadership to help stop repeated targeted vandalism to local Black businesses.
The 19-year-old owner of The Hamlett Coffee Shop in Lemon Grove, Zachary Hamlett, is confused as to why someone continues to vandalize his business.