Posted on 05/31/2020 5:00:53 PM PDT by karpov
In downtown Chicago, people crawled through the partially shattered exterior window of a Nike store and ran out carrying brightly colored athletic gear and sneakers.
On Melrose Avenue in Los Angeles, they ignited garbage cans and broke locks on luxury stores, sweeping up armfuls of designer handbags and jeans.
And as night fell on Minneapolis, the heart of widening protests set off by the death of an African-American man in police custody there, business owners stood outside their doors and pleaded with agitators to spare the enterprises that many said they had spent their life savings to build.
“I was outside saying, ‘Please, I don’t have insurance!’” said Hussein Aloshani, an immigrant from Iraq, waving his arms in frustration as he recounted the scene Friday night outside the deli his family owns.
Businesses across the country suffered destruction over the weekend as protesters unleashed their anger over the death of George Floyd on commercial enterprises — from the offices of major multinational corporations and banks to family-owned restaurants and bars.
In some places, demonstrators scrawled graffiti on storefronts decrying police brutality against African-Americans, or echoing some of Mr. Floyd’s final words: “I can’t breathe.”
In others, they hurled crowbars and hammers at windows, and used gasoline to burn buildings to the ground.
Public officials said they were investigating whether political agitators posing as protesters may have led some of the looting. In some cities, peaceful protesters marching against police violence were outnumbered by others, such as white anarchists, who seemed more bent on destruction than messaging.
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Still losing their assesses.
No guarantees insurance would cover riots
Please don’t destroy my store. I vote for liberal Democrats!
Am I reading this right? How can someone open a store without insurance or is it that he doesn’t have “riot insurance”?
You are SO right!
It reminded me of the LA protests.
I recall KOREAN men guarding their store with rifles and guns...fighting those looting, burning a-holes below!
The Korean men wore those white headbands. It's still a vivid picture in my mind.
The LOOTERS will end up with their Master: SATAN. They're doing his work for him. The more havoc and damage, the better Satan likes it.
Caitlin Dickerson out of her NY Times job in 3..2..1 How dare she show the plight of the bourgeois small business owner.
How many new GOP/conservative voters will be created, from all of this?
Like the N.Y. Times really cares about their losses.
I guess they are learning their lesson about opening stores in the inner city and in downtown areas.
“...How can someone open a store without insurance or is it that he doesn’t have “riot insurance”?...”
Under the table payoffs and a promise to vote “D”.
Well, it is Chicago. A little friendly gifting to bureaucrats can get a lot of things overlooked.
There’s riot insurance. It’s called taxpayer bailouts.
You’re not required to have that kind of insurance
[In some cities, peaceful protesters marching against police violence were outnumbered by others, such as white anarchists, who seemed more bent on destruction than messaging.]
Insurance doesn’t cover riots/war.
1. They are lying, maybe.
2. They have SOME insurance, but not enough.
3. They bribed the person who sold them the business.
4. If the owners have no fire insurance then they are pretty naive.
5. They should MOVE and get out of that HELL HOLE.
...2, 3, 4.
Now come the excuses. Heck, how much is peace of mind and safety worth?
I still have a relative in Torrance.
SOUNDS LIKE A PLAN!
Sorry I don’t have a lot of sympathy for business owners in NY. A state where they punish homeowners and businesses and coddle criminals.
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