( KRON ) — Black business owners are showing support for Pierre Pierre after a person was shot at the Black-owned fine-dining restaurant in downtown Oakland Friday night.
Cathy Adams, the president and CEO of the Oakland African American Chamber of Commerce, told KRON4 that she’s rallying support for the restaurant following the tragedy.
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“If we don’t come downtown, if we don’t go into all areas of Oakland where there are Black businesses, we’re not gonna make it and we can’t stay home,” Adams said. “That means when one of ours is attacked, we’ve got to come and fight for them.”
Chef Rene Johnson of Blackberry Soul Fine Catering in Oakland told KRON4 that the local community won’t let Friday night’s violence define the Oakland community…