In A Riot’s Ashes: Minneapolis Business Owners Support Protesters, But Wish It Would’ve Gone Differently

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Minneapolis business owners support the protesters but wish it would’ve gone differently

, was shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer in 2016 as his girlfriend broadcast on Facebook Live, creating a national uproar. Hunter himself faced two felony charges of rioting during a protest over Castile’s death, but the charges were later dismissed.

“I’m so sorry they were in between what’s been going on between the cops and black people,” he said. “But we’ve got to stop this in some way, in some fashion, and I think it’s happening. Something amazing is going to come out of this, I know it.” Though in complete agreement with the cause, other business owners wish that small, locally run stores could’ve been left out of the firing line—particularly in an area that offered black business owners opportunities for success.

, said that on the first night of demonstrations she couldn’t fathom black-owned businesses being attacked, but did not find her neighborhood staple spared.... [+]Now looking at a city with gas stations, banks and grocery stores completely emptied of inventory or burned to a crisp, Holmes—like many others in the area now lacking direct access to essentials—insists that the damage could not have been done by locals and believes the looters focus attention away from powerful protests.

After toughing it out through months of depleted sales due to Covid, the conjoining bookstores were broken into on the third night of riots, resulting in the destruction of over 100,000 books . Blyly said there is nothing salvageable—both the exterior and interior of the more than 100-year-old building were burned. Unsure about insurance and the well-being of his six employees, Blyly estimates that it will take a year to open shop again.

 

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That is the definition of insanity. G I wish they did it a different way instead of burning down my business.Steve Forbes MIA

Fake Media

In order for that not to happen again, hold their elected officials responsible and ask why it took as long as it did to arrest George Floyd's killer and why they are still waiting for the 3 other officers to be charged. And VOTE for the people who would handle it differently!

A lesson

So basically they support The protestors but not the looters

Fake news

Understatement of the fucking decade.

all those that 'SUPPORT' the rioters deserve to be looted and burned.....because they are appeasers and want THE OTHER business to burn and not their own...FUCK EM

Ya think

No shit? 😂😂

what happened to the fire departments?

its not the peaceful protesters. It's the blm and antifa who has infiltrated the protest. Urged on by the democrats. The democrats are using the protests to create the false racism hoax and promote violence. We see it. The true protesters see it.

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