The recent incidents come after Target received criticism for their LGBTQ+ initiatives, with the retail chain announcing that it removed some Pride Month merchandise in its stores after facing backlash from customers, citing concerns about workers’ safety.
Target stores in at least five U.S. states had to be evacuated over the weekend after receiving bomb threats, the latest example of backlash the U.S.-based retail chain has received for its Pride month merchandise.that news outlets in Oklahoma, New York, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Louisiana received emails from unknown individuals about bomb threats at the stores.
“The bombs will detonate in several hours, guess which ones have the bombs. Time is ticking,” the email reads, also ending with the date “4/19/1995,” the date of the Oklahoma City bombing. Oklahoma City Police Department spokesperson Gary Knight said that several news outlets notified them about the emailed threats, adding that after evacuating the listed stores as a precaution, authorities didn’t find any suspicious items,South Burlington police chief Shawn Burke said news outlets in Vermont, New Hampshire, and New York all received the same emailed threat to Target stores over the weekend.
“I think it had quite an impact locally,” Burke said, according to the Post. “It makes people a little bit uneasy to think about what’s going on. We’re more and more seeing this type of behavior in terms of swatting at schools locally and in terms of stores like Target [nationally].”some Pride month merchandise in its stores last month after facing backlash from customers, citing concerns about their workers’ safety.
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