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Black-Owned Store in Marin County Threatened in Online Post

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The Tiburon Police Department in Marin County is investigating an election-related threat made against a Black-owned clothing store known as YEMA.

The threat was posted on Instagram by a now-deleted account. It featured a photo of the storefront and said “If Biden wins me and my boys gonna go raid yemma” on the top and “4:00 on Election Day show up” at the bottom.

The Tiburon Police Department said the threat doesn’t appear to be legitimate and that the post was created by a “spoof” account that has since been taken down, but added that their investigation is ongoing.

Store owner Yema Khalif said he was alerted to the post when a student from a local school came across it and shared it with their parent.

Khalif said this kind of racism must be addressed in Marin County.

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“This is not a game to us,” he said. “Our lives are being targeted, and our livelihoods are being targeted.”

Khalif said there’s been an outpouring of support from communities across the Bay Area with people from as far as Fairfax to East Oakland coming by on Tuesday to guard the store.

—Julie Chang (@BayAreaJulie)

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