Chang Yim, 41, is the owner of the controversial Linden Bar and Liquors.

Closed by the Baltimore Police Department under “the padlock law” after city officials deemed the store a public nuisance, the west Baltimore establishment has been a popular target for opponents who say similar establishments attract crime. Now Yim, along with other Korean business-owners, is staging protests in front of City Hall, claiming they are being unfairly targeted.