A Chicago alderman is calling for “corporate” criminal charges against the pharmacy chain Walgreens for its plan to close a store on the city’s troubled South Side over concerns over retail theft and violence at the drugstore.
“We’re not here to beg Walgreens to stay,” Ward 6 Alderman Will Hall said at news conference, surrounded by local community members. “We are saying that their decision is the wrong decision my opinion. In my opinion, it should be considered a first-degree corporate crime. Because the amount of people that will be hurt by this, the amount of elders who will not have access to healthcare is evil.”
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The Chatham store on Cottage Grove Ave said they will permanently shut their doors on June 4, 2026. The nearest Walgreens location is more than a mile away.
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In a statement to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago-area-based pharmacy store chain
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