Nice Coffee Shop Rahm

Though in their defense, it looks like the deceased ran in there to hide:

• One man died and two other people, including a 12-year-old boy, were injured in a shooting at a Starbucks in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood Thursday night, according to officials and witnesses.
  
  A man, 28, was dead at the scene following the shooting about 8:10 p.m. at the Starbucks, 4753 N. Broadway, at Lawrence Avenue, according to police. Family members identified the victim as 28-year-old Sauvignon Watkins of Chatham.

Um....who?

• Sauvignon Watkins

In any event, that part of town has been heading downwards for over 20 years and amazingly, still hasn't hit bottom. And you still have corporate disconnect thinking that because a few hipsters live nearby, they're going to drag an entire neighborhood out of its self imposed death-spiral....like putting a Whole Foods in Englewood.

And the aldercreature blames - who else? - Starbucks:

• Ald. James Cappleman (46th) blasted an Uptown neighborhood Starbucks as complicit in drug dealing, less than 24 hours after three people were shot — one fatally — inside the coffee shop.
  
  “I will not tolerate businesses that do not work with the police and my office to maintain safety,” Cappleman said in a statement Friday. “We have had issues for years with illegal activity at this business, with very little response or help from Starbucks’ management to correct the problems.”

Starbucks shot back:

• A spokesman for Starbucks said Friday that the coffee shop chain was “disappointed by the alderman’s comments,” which do not align with the CPD’s version of events.
  
  “As it has been reported by local law enforcement, our store was not central to the crime that took place,” Starbucks spokesman Reggie Borges said. “For him to suggest that that was the case, it was not accurate based on what we’ve seen from local law enforcement.”

We'd certainly like to see what the aldercreature deems adequate for Starbucks participation. We'd hate to think he was bad mouthing them because they didn't kick in to his re-election war chest. Perhaps Starbucks should ask what the manpower is in 019 before and after it was combined with 023, and what effect those shortages have upon community safety. Then ask what step the aldercreature has taken to address those shortages.