protests that are gripping major cities and suburbs from Coast to Coast have been mainly peaceful, riots that have broken out during some have resulted in retail businesses being looted and vandalized.After Clarke put photos of her bloody, bruised face on her personal Facebook page along with an explanation of what it's like to work in retail sales these days, it was shared thousands of times, prompting her to create a separate page, “Retail Life During COVID-19,” to handle the response.
Within days the page attracted tens of thousands of followers. Thousands commented on her original post and subsequent messages as she talked of contacting the police and of healing physically and emotionally.