Mom-and-pop stores hit in downtown L.A. looting are 'immigrant-owned, run by black and brown folks'

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A business council member says the looting during protests in downtown L.A. Friday would disproportionately hurt the working class and people of color.

Most stores that were vandalized or looted are mom-and-pop stores, “immigrant-owned, run by black and brown folks,” Oliveira said.The chain stores that were damaged, including Walgreens and Fallas Paredes, provide jobs, sell affordable goods and serve as lifelines for poor and homeless residents of downtown, Oliveira said.

The cafe is in the first floor of the Hotel Hayward, a single resident occupancy hotel for low-income residents, Oliveira said. The store has been in downtown for 65 years, and he’s owned it for 16, said the owner, who would give only his first name, Roger. He said he understood why people were angry, but that the destruction to his business could devastate him financially. His shop was just preparing to reopen after being closed for two months during the coronavirus stay-at-home orders.Inside Discount Electronics, owner Bill Nabati rubbed his face and fielded multiple calls from his security alarm company.

 

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Snikk They vote against themselves why not destroy and Rob each other

MacaesBruno But those white owned shops deserved it.

MacaesBruno They are so happy

MacaesBruno Damn. that means we can condemn it now?

Implicitly arguing that it would be okay to loot stores if they were owned by native-born white people.

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Time to move

You know what? The implication of this article and most of the replies have a racist tone, “These looters missed!They did not even hit white people, who are all bad!” = RACIST HATE SPEECH

So when corporations come into these black and brown neighborhoods and gentrification takes hold..is there equal outrage...?.. i think not...SENCA VILLAGE ..GEORGETOWN...TULSA OK...FOH WITH THIS GOOFY NARRATIVE...VIOLENCE IS WHO WE ARE ...AMERICA IS BUILT ON BLOODY LANDS.FOH.

How tragic

This is a picture of a Starbucks.

Mad love to dtla

And hit by white supremacists!

Sad.....

White businesses are OK?

GScottSays Criminals know no racial boundaries.

Where’s the National Guard. Are the Mayor and Governor asleep?

They will all get free government money to rebuild. This was a staged occurrence by the World Fake News.

The rioting & looting by radical left-wing terrorists, Antifa & BLM, is supported by Soros-Clinton Democrats. The attacks on people of color and destruction of their businesses and communities reveals the real source of race division, violence & destruction is Democrat politics.

So should supportive, white store owners who give to the community and live in the same neighborhood just say loot our business instead? Why the hell should it make any difference what color a business owner is?

Why don’t you call it out. Stop being so liberal when this is not about one black man wrongfully killed by a police officer. What is this?

That's because they needed more sneakers, TV's, and booze.

No shit! And still you cheered them on....

MAGA agent provocateurs

Sad to see this level of insanity. Thugs & criminal elements taking advantage of the situation to destroy people's businesses.Keep in mind businesses are struggling, impacted by COVID-1 Black folks we can do better than this. Looting, violence and destruction is not the solution.

You had space in that tweet to note it was white people doing the damage.

Come over Santa Ana tonight

So, how does this makes sense?

Oh no, this is non sense and I'm disappointed that leaders that could influence the stop of the violence in some cases are instigating it or silent. Peaceful protests are more powerful, this is just an excuse to be violent.

Protesters DIDN'T do the looting .... Thieves did . And whites just to stir the pot ... The same thing that has been happening for generations .

Starbucks? Lol. Right!

When they use tragedy to there benefit, they loose respect for the root cause they are fitting for.

According to the pictures, latinos and blacks are the majority of looters in this case. I am sure that they are at home right now with their loot honoring George Floyd.

Destroying and burning down your own community is the dumbest thing I've ever seen. I'm mad at the police, So ima burn down my neighborhood

Let's talk about the majority of immigrant and black americans who don't own property and have negative wealth and how they get 'hit' every day by this rancid system. People Property

Haleaziz Local businesses contribute to overpolicing.

Start putting little black/red stars in your shop windows. Along with rainbow 🏳️‍🌈 stickers too. Trump opened the lid on an angry nation. Just sayin’, neutrality isn’t gonna cut it anymore. Join or die

They vandalized a clothing store that proudly displayed 'DREAMER OWNED' on both sides of the building. These are troublemakers with an agenda all their own (alt-right?) and no doubt some opportunists, not BLM protesters.

Again? We’ve been through this people, it didn’t end well then, it won’t now. DontBurnYouOwnHouseDown

Sad....Wait until they bring the violence to the burbs...

White supremists just like here in Minnesota.

Mad people are still hanging on to an 18th social construct which categorises humans by flesh tone🤷‍♂️

Way to go Antifa

DonaldTrump 🦧 ― and his LittleCheetoDick 🌶 ― are both responsible for this.

'it's what George would have wanted' msm seconds before the cnn building got looted

Haleaziz Just once, Id like to see these riots hit Malibu or Laguna Beach.

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