The owner of "the first and only bookstore" in Farmers Branch, Texas is claiming she was forced to close shop and move because of an incessant stalker.
Nia-Tayler Clark opened BLACKLIT, a bookstore that mostly sells merchandise and literature written and illustrated by Black creatives, two years ago but was recently forced to shut it down "until further notice" and move herself and her son out of the community.
"For the past 10 months a man who lives at the apartments attached to the bookstore has been stalking, harassing, and making unwanted advancements towards myself, neighboring business owners, our employees, and our customers," Clark shared in an Instagram post. "In the last few months it has only gotten worse."
Clark added that the man had trapped her behind her register, chased her through the establishment, and forced her to call police for an escort into and out of the store. He has also made verbal threats toward her.
"'I'm going to be here every day until you no longer have a man,' or, like, 'You don't know what you're missing out on,"' Clark said, according to reporting by NBC 5 DFW.
In one instance, he also interrupted a female-only bible study.
"He started going on and on about how he just got out of jail. He has been arrested 30 times this year, but he always gets out," the volunteer texted Clark, per NBC 5 DFW.
She said he only left when the women started texting one another and he thought the session had ended. Eventually, a woman's boyfriend arrived to help her lock up and leave safely.
Clark wrote on Instagram that although she is shocked at how the situation has unfolded, she is hopeful she and her son will return to Farmers Branch soon.
"Lord, please give me the words to say as I roll him his 2 suitcases and pass him his flight ticket. Let this ugly, new normal not last for long," Clark shared.
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