Trending: Criminals Smash Glass & Attack Kansas City Small Biz

Today nearly a half dozen small business in Kansas City has suffered significant damage to their storefronts and bottom line.

The outcry is palpable on social media . . . Here's a quick look at the local businesses hit . . .

Ruby Jean's Juicery on Troost

Nothing Bunt Cakes In Brookside

Anchor Island Coffee On Troost

Teocali Mexican Restaurant on Holmes

Buffalo State Pizza Bar Co. & Bar In The Crossroads

We noticed the trend after activist Justice Horn called it out via social media.

Here's his apt note . . .

"Kansas City has a real crime problem and nothing can be done until people in-charge start naming that. From shootings, young people my age being buried by their parents, deadly street racing, and criminals attacking our small business community, Kansas City leadership needs to step up and take this issue seriously."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com links . . .

Fox4: Multiple KCMO businesses hit in string of break-ins

Yahoo News: ‘Crime here seems to get worse and worse’: Several KC businesses broken into overnight

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