Melrose Avenue, one of L.A.'s hippest streets, hit hard by looters

Eli Ventov stood outside his blackened store on Melrose Avenue on Sunday morning. The roof appeared on the verge of collapse, and patches of overcast sky were visible through the ceiling.

Though most protesters assembled peaceably throughout the day, nighttime brought a level of destruction not seen in Los Angeles since the 1992 riots after the beating of Rodney King. Some unleashed long-simmering anger over police brutality by shattering windows and stealing merchandise. Others scrawled graffiti with messages decrying systemic racism. Storefronts along Melrose were torched.

As Flores swept up glass from the broken windows, onlookers took video and photos of him and the store. He felt like an animal in a zoo he said.Outside Pearls Nail Salon, a fire alarm sounded continuously as LAPD officers and firefighters in masks stood guard.A Mexican flag hung outside Antonio’s Restaurant. In the window were several signs that read “Black Lives Matter.” Another said, “Caution, maintain social distancing.”Antonio’s opened for the first time in three months on Saturday.

“It’s a black-dude store, leave it alone,” protesters said as they spotted him. Beckwith stayed up all night. For the first time since the civil unrest in 1992, Sandy Chase, 68, was planning to stay overnight in his record store on Sunday.His business, the Record Collector, was briefly attacked on Saturday. Windows were scuffed and his brick facade was vandalized.

Yeah the Dem biased LA Times down playing the looting and torching on the streets of LA. Reminder Pres Nixon won the Presidency in 1968 on a law and order platform. Decent Americans became disgusted with the race riots destroying and looting property in cities.

This has not been the best week for “When they go low, we go high.”

Thank you MayorOfLA

At least target heavily insured businesses if you're gonna loot.. these small businesses just scraped through the pandemic.

We are winning this civil war keep pushing and every bigotry statue at city hall in every city will come down and defaced. Louisville, Nashville Virginia's, carolinas Indianapolis victory victory victory keep pushing we have the green light

California your day is not done San Fransisco regroup get there get there get there

Your photo was taken during daytime.

Where will Christy Teigen buy her Louis Vuitton then?

Thousands of criminals tell what it is...

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