Posted on 06/03/2020 5:11:22 PM PDT by Libloather
After a family member who lives above her jewelry store heard a commotion, Yolanda Zuno rushed to downtown Aurora to try and protect her shop during unrest in the city’s center Sunday.
By the time she arrived around 7:30 p.m., she was shocked to see the windows of Aurora Jewelry, 29 N. Broadway, were smashed. Zuno is now estimating the store lost between $800,000 and $900,000 during the looting, including items taken and damage to the shop during the unrest that is part of the fallout from the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis on May 25.
After breaking into the jewelry store, masked looters emerged carrying trays of necklaces and watch boxes. Some hopped into waiting vehicles parked at the curb, while others simply walked down the street with their stolen goods.
One young man standing outside the store was heard complaining that only a crystal vase remained by the time he went inside a business downtown.
People used cinder blocks from a nearby construction site to shatter storefront windows and climb inside businesses Sunday night in the downtown area.
“It was a total mess,” Zuno’s assistant Bertalica Martinez said. “There were pieces of jewelry on the floor, our glass showcases were broken and dropped on the floor. There were bricks and rocks.”
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Did you vote Democrat ?
Aurora is heavily democrat.
Oops. I thought it was Aurora, Colorado.
Which is heavily democrat.
Exactly. Own it. You voted for the party that dominates your state.
Hard lesson. Maybe she’ll learn something.
Why wasn’t the jewelry in a safe?
If only there was a tool that dispensed leave me alone and get out of my shop thingies...
Aurora, Illinois leans Democrat, too.
At least the people aren’t all jerks.
I’ve spent weeks there and know the people.
You didn't earn that. You stole it from black people. /s
“Oops. I thought it was Aurora, Colorado.
Which is heavily democrat.”
Me Too.
Insurance adjuster will certainly ask that. Was there a protest March in that area. No insurance money.
Start a GoFundMe. Let Hollywood know. Bill Gates, Jack Dorsey, Zuck, Tim Cook will want to chip in.
The older, north side of Aurora leans Democrat.
Meanwhile companies like Etsy and DoorDash and am sure others are sending money to Blm and other black activism chapters
(Etsy 1 million dollars, DoorDash 500,000.00) for appeasement of supposed racisim against black people yet these companies who were looted and trashed get nothing from those companies.
I wonder how many pot shops were looted?
Suck it up poosu.
This about saving lives ... still
Aurora IL is a sanctuary city.
I live about 15 miles away. It’s run by white liberals and inhabited by a huge number of illegal aliens.
They deserve each other.
F*** all of them.
L
I always stayed in Naperville when visiting Aurora for work.
BLM is shaking things down and making mad money as black people are kicked in the teeth down a notch ironically. Just imagine where all of that money really goes as people look at their world in ashes.
GMTA This whole article has the stench of bullshit all over it.
Cult Pyramid scheme.
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