Two black women-owned small businesses in Farmers Branch say they've been harassed for months by the same man, and it's prompted one of them to close up shop entirely and seek safety elsewhere.
Clark recalled things he said. “'I’m going to be here every day until you no longer have a man,’ or, like, ‘You don’t know what you’re missing out on,’” she said.She said it had gotten to a point where her staff and customers also felt unsafe, reading a text message that one of her volunteers had sent after the man walked in during a female bible study.
“He left once we turned off all the lights in the store and crouched together and by the time my boyfriend came he was gone and we all made it to the parking lot safely," Clark said, reading her volunteer's text.“I started watching him jump. When I started — he started carrying a baseball bat. Like, ‘Ma, is that him? Is that him?’ That’s not a way for a kid," she said.
“The business owners here shouldn’t have to send pictures of him outside our place back and forth or ‘Hey, lock your door! Hey, he’s outside!’ Like, that should not be the case," Clark said.