The owner of a downtown Calgary restaurant says a violent confrontation she had outside the business is a example of a recent surge in the amount of crime and drugs.
Due to the sensitive and/or legal subject matter of some of the content on globalnews.ca, we reserve the ability to disable comments from time to time.WATCH: The manager of a downtown Calgary restaurant is speaking out after an interaction with a stranger in turned violent. As Meghan Cobb reports, she is calling for more support for businesses dealing with increased social disorder along Stephen Avenue.
“She started throwing items at me from her shopping cart, said Wilkins. “She decided to follow me onto the patio so I turned around and she charged at me at attacked me. She closed fists and punched me on the side of the head and pulled my hair.”As Wilkins fought back, two of the restaurant’s employees, as well as staff from Alpha House, who were nearby, tried to intervene.
“Because of lack of CCTV footage and witnesses saying we were both in the altercation, they said if they charged her they’d need to charge me as well.”Danielle Wilkins, who manages The Wednesday Room, restaurant in downtown Calgary says businesses need more help dealing with a surge in the amount of crime and drugs.
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