Korean store owners protest ?padlock law?

Linden Bar and Liquors has been called an eyesore and nuisance, a magnet for drug dealers and violence, including a recent murder.

But now, owner Chang Yim — whose business was closed Aug. 16 under Baltimore’s “padlock law” — is joining other Korean merchants fighting back against the statute they argue unfairly blames Korean business owners for criminal behavior beyond their control.