Target CEO responds to Minneapolis protests: ‘We are a community in pain’

The death of a black man being detained by a white police officer has unleashed the "pent-up pain of years," the CEO of Target said, promising to send first-aid supplies to areas affected by subsequent riots and rebuild a looted company store in Minneapolis, where George Floyd died.

The site was one of many retail operations ransacked by demonstrators protesting Floyd's death, which has since sparked upheaval across the country, and Minneapolis-based Target has closed several locations to protect employees and customers.

“We are a community in pain,” CEO Brian Cornell wrote in a statement on the Target website. “That pain is not unique to the Twin Cities -- it extends across America. The murder of George Floyd has unleashed the pent-up pain of years, as have the killings of Ahmaud Arbery and Breonna Taylor.

“As a Target team, we’ve huddled, we’ve consoled, we’ve witnessed horrific scenes similar to what’s playing... (Read more)

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