Natalie DuBose certainly had every reason to be bitter.
DuBose, a single mother of two, poured her life savings into opening a small bakery on South Florissant Road in Ferguson.
Sales immediately tanked three months later when crowds rioted in Ferguson over the killing of Michael Brown.
So she raised her voice as a small business owner. Feeding her children, she told any reporter who would listen, depended on selling her baked goods — one cupcake at a time.
Her story, she thought, might spare her shop from the kind of looting that destroyed businesses on West Florissant Avenue in August.
But on Monday night, in the dark, violent hours after the grand jury decision on Darren Wilson was announced, a witness saw three teens attempt three times to break the front window of her store, Natalie’s Cakes and More....
