Safia Munye looks over the remains of her restaurant, Mama Safia's Kitchen, on Saturday. It was destroyed last week during protests in Minneapolis.Safia Munye looks over the remains of her restaurant, Mama Safia's Kitchen, on Saturday. It was destroyed last week during protests in Minneapolis.On the south side of Minneapolis over the weekend, Safia Munye and her family walk up to the door of what was Mama Safia's Kitchen.Safia and her daughter Saida Hassan nod silently.
George Floyd is the African American man who died after a white police officer pinned his neck to the ground with his knee last Monday for several minutes. Protests started in Minneapolis early last week and quickly spread across the country. Floyd's pleading words to the officer,"I can't breathe," are now aSafia, a Somali immigrant, opened the restaurant in December 2018 with her retirement savings.
Her sister Bibi Abdullah walks in to help. She finds prayer rugs in the banquet room her mom would rent out for small wedding dinners and religious holidays.She searches for more things she can save.
I hope there will be a fund established to help the people whose businesses were damaged
'Across the street a row of restaurants — all locally owned, black- and immigrant-owned — are all gone. But the library is OK.' 🙄 🤔 it's almost like there are more than just BLM, GeorgeFlyod, and/or anti-police-abuse supporters in those crowds.
Don’t these people have insurance ? It will cover them all .
We don't believe you
Is it too much to ask for justice for both her and George Floyd? Both assaults should have never been allowed to happen.
Breaks my heart. 😢
LOVE OVER HATRED! BLACK LIVES MATTER
Invite them to our town? MattHaneySF lacocinasf calebzigas
Leftist evil, supported by NPR and the Democrat party.
heartbreaking all of it
Lets detroy this whole country then. It can be rebuilt. Stupid ideology.
Thank you for voicing the priorities.
America can help her.
Justice is not served by ruining a woman’s livelihood
Justice would be for the criminals who decided to do this to her, repaid & fixed it for her.
Sad commentary
Some people put their lives into a businesses and some don’t have insurance (if they’ll cover it at all). It’s all gone, even when those same business owners support justice for George Floyd.
She will get it back. Insurance. The good people. 🙏
The way the media twists the narrative to support rioting.
He’ll get justice, & now that her restaurant is destroyed, it’s all good.
Donate to her gofundme, during the pandemic she had to close but decided to continue to pay her employees and couldn’t afford insurance
I’ll donate if she starts a gofundme, someone should get in contact with her
The beauty of selfless care and service to others... may you come back stronger than before (can someone start a fundraiser for her?)
Is there a gofundme to help her out?
Insurance likely won’t cover any of this.
This is a person who deserves a small business grant.
True. So vote Republican. What have the Dems done. They have had years to change it. They have not. It was getting better under Trump. But Dems and NPR and CNN don’t make money if all get a long. Look up the facts for yourself. Don’t let them tell you anymore.
Where are the black owned American businesses, I've been seeing immigrants, outsiders. Ppl are so sympathetic to them, when they treat blk ppl bad too, following the ppl with their racism. Blk ppl make them rich. Feel sad for George Floyd, fuck capitalism.
don-the-con trump IS NOT: a lawyer, teacher, brave, compassionate, minister, doctor, ex-military, historian, scientist, literate, benefactor, honest, tax payer, trustworthy, a loyal husband, psychologist, nor physic.
Ms. Abdullah, your mother’s restaurant was destroyed by ignorant people who are angry at the World!
Listen to this guy, he is telling the truth.
She will be back in her kitchen cooking food with love because her story got the attention it deserved. Many will not get the help they need to recover. Thank you NPR
I think a GoFundMe should be arranged for this woman and her place.
MLK stated riots are the expression of the unheard...so what is it that America is not hearing...my heart goes out to this woman becasue the burning of her business is the causality of a government system that refuses to reform itself GeorgeFloyd
That's because certain people don't vote. Nobody to blame but themselves.
donated - I hope you can rebuild, Ms. Abdullah.
COPE
They really socked it to the rich white business owner
Minneapolis Mayor Frey, Maybe he can donate part of this salary as he let it go on for a days or two before his Adult Governor stepped in with tougher 'words' Finally National Guard steps in. Mayor Freq? Politics down to his feet Useless as F*
Perhaps Mogadishu is safer.
They’re not sending their best
Babi Abdullah is correct.
Martin Luther King Jr. became more politically radical in his last years, but his opposition to rioting was a constant. “Every time a riot develops,” he warned just months before his death, “it helps George Wallace.”
The gofundme link to help them rebuild
Let me get this straight... Young White Antifa individuals going to a black community to trash the place ? DemocratsDoing
I hope when this is all of this violence over and the world is on its way to be a better, more loving place that people reach out to help you rebuild your business. I don't have much, but I'll help if I can. Love one another.
This just gave me chills
Has anyone started a 'Go Fund Me' page for her yet?
They weren't honoring George when they destroyed your property
This lady seems very nice. But could someone explain how looting and arson are about getting justice?
Seems we have a failure of leadership by all politicians (Dems and Reps) Country experienced same events in 2014 and 2015 and we had a “blue ribbon committee” of experts What happened? We need serious people to make change
'The truth is things like this happen when people feel powerless. Something has to change....It came to this because we have people that do not care in positions of power, and it should not be that way.”
That woman is so strong and graceful.
She may be fine with financial ruin for no reason at all. But I'm sure all of the other business owners aren't ok with it.
I’m so sorry
The officer was immediately fired & quickly charged with murder (for his atrocious act!). Why do thugs have to ruin the lives of innocent hard working people & steal for sport? I’ll wait for the very intellectual liberal responses.
All good people want justice and all good people what you to have your restaurant back. We have hope.
Voice of Sacrifice & she should be complimented. In Justice to her & may be State will finance her project to re-open.
What a powerful message. We should all help this lady recover.
These words: 💯
That is a whole lot of grace. What a beautiful spirit. I hope she rebuilds
I am so sorry you were looted. Thank you for understanding the pain, frustration & desperation the disinfranchised are suffering worsened by this Pandemic.
Um, getting justice for Floyd should have nothing to do with her losing her livelihood. Nothing. This is stupidity run amok
R.I.P George Floyd.
Go visit her in a year. Thousands are devastated, they're in tears, ruined. They weren't asked to sacrifice, they were forced. It's ugly. Stop making it seem okay to terrorize the poor to get justice. Just take a moment and stop stoking the flames of anarchy. Damn Communists.
BS propaganda. George Floyd would not want her life burned to the ground in his name. That’s not justice. That’s not a cause. That’s vigilantism. That’s anarchy. George Floyd would want arrest, conviction, justice, and CHANGE. Not BURN, baby BURN.
Спасибо за новость
Oh no insurance has suddenly stopped existing
Safia Munye and her family. They are treasures.
It’s horrible how these “protestors” are destroying minority owned businesses and looting others! stopviolence
GoFundMe on the way for this lovely woman?
maam i hope you rebuild . as for floyd the coroners report said the office holding his head with his knee gently did not kill him it was his own health. when you act like a animal and fight them over a fake 20$ bill! of course the media will not show fighting part with cops!
Stan.
What a beautiful woman.