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It was 10:30 p.m. Friday and 19-year-old Alexa Huizar was working inside D-town Burger Bar Los Angeles when she heard windows being smashed.
Huizar stepped outside and saw a crowd breaking into the Starbucks at the corner of 6th and Spring streets.
She immediately texted her boss a video of the demonstrators breaking into the Starbucks.
At home, in South Gate, Pedro Mojarro, 32, got it and rushed over. He would spend the next few hours protecting his struggling business during a night and morning of looting and vandalism.
He pleaded with anyone who came by not to damage his restaurant.
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Looters run from a jewelry store as LAPD officers approach in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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Looters run from a jewelry store as LAPD officers approach in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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A protester yells out along 2nd and Spring streets in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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A protester throws a fire department firehose on a fire in the middle of the street in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters gather around a fire in the middle of the street in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 29, 2020. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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A protester breaks a window with a bat to a business in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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A looter steals liquor bottles from Terroni restaurant on Spring St. in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters raise their arms at LAPD officers on Spring St. in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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A protester blocks an LAPD vehicle from passing along 1st Street in Downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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A protestwr trips and falls as LAPD officers approach on Spring St. in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters hold hands as they walk through a construction site to escape LAPD officers in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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A Starbucks is looted along Spring St. in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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A looter steals extra virgin olive oil from Terroni restaurant in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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Police keep their eyes on protesters in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 29, 2020. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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A firework is ignited as protesters demonstrate in downtown on Friday, May 29, 2020, in Los Angeles. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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A protester raises his arms as LAPD officers approach on Spring St. in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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An MTA bus is vandalized in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters start a fire on Seventh Street in downtown Los Angeles on Friday night. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Looters break into a Rite Aid store in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 29, 2020. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times )
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Looters take liquor and beer from a Rite Aid store in downtown Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Looters take jewelry from a store in downtown Los Angeles Friday night. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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A police officer keeps an eye on protesters in downtown Los Angeles Friday night. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Police move past a fire set by protesters in downtown Los Angeles Friday night. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Looters look for jewelry on the floor at a jewelry store in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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Looters run from a jewelry store as LAPD officers approach in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Wally Skalij/Los Angeles Times)
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A police cruiser drives past a fire in the middle of the street in downtown Los Angeles Friday night. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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A protester throws a wooden pallet on a fire on Seventh Street in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Protestors are arrested by Los Angeles police in front of City Hall early Saturday morning. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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A man smashes the window of a business in downtown Los Angeles Friday night. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters scale a chainlink fence to escape from police in downtown Los Angeles Friday night. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Police fire percussion rounds to clear protesters from Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco/Luis Sinco)
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A protester remains defiant after being pushed to the ground by police on Grand Avenue in in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters are arrested by Los Angeles police in front of City Hall as they demonstrate in downtown on Saturday. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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A police officer arrests a protester. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
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Police try to contain protesters in downtown Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Protestors are arrested by Los Angeles police in front of City Hall Saturday morning. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters are arrested by Los Angeles police in front of City Hall as they demonstrate in downtown Saturday morning. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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CHP officers protect themselves from protesters on the northbound 110 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters block the 110 Freeway downtown. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters march onto the 110 Freeway. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters are escorted off the 110 Freeway. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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A protester is escorted off the freeway. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters climb over a fence near the 110 Freeway. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters on the freeway. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters block traffic as they momentarily occupy the northbound lanes of the Harbor Freeway. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters on the Harbor Freeway. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Police officers assume a defensive stance as a protester approaches them on the Harbor Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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A protester grimaces in pain. ( Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)
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A protester stands above the northbound 110 Freeway. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Traffic backs up after protesters block the northbound lanes of the Harbor Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Police officers escort a protester off the northbound lanes of the Harbor Freeway in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Los Angeles police patrol the 110 freeway after chasing protestors off Friday, May 29. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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A protester rides a skateboard on the 110 Freeway. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters on the 110 Freeway. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters packs Wilshire Blvd overlooking the 110 freeway on Friday, May 29. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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Police officers form a human barrier against protesters gathered near the intersection of Fifth and Olive streets in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Police restrain a protester near the intersection of Fifth and Olive streets. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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A protester celebrates after vandalizing a police cruiser. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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Garbage lands on police officers as they confront protesters near the intersection of Fifth and Olive streets. (Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times)
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An LAPD officer prepares to push protesters back. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Protestors are arrested by Los Angeles police in front of City Hall as they demonstrate in downtown Friday night. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters face off with a large law enforcement presence in downtown Los Angeles Friday. (Kent Nishimura/Los Angeles Times)
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Protestwrs demonstrate in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, May 29. (Gary Coronado/Los Angeles Times)
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A protester confronts LAPD officers. (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters raise their hands a police block their way in downtown Los Angeles on Friday. (Luis Sinco/Los Angeles Times)
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Elyssa Wells calls out as she and others sit on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Dozens of protestors stand off with police May 28 on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Police speed along Third Street in downtown Los Angeles in response to a demonstration by hundreds of people. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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LAPD officers hold the line against dozens of protesters on Grand Avenue. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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Dozens of protesters, many with the Black Lives Matters-LA movement, stand off with police. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
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A protester jumps in the street to block an oncoming California Highway Patrol vehicle in Los Angeles. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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A protester tosses a bottle of water on a CHP vehicle as other protesters swarm the car at a rally in front of LAPD headquarters. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters link hands May 27 across the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles in a demonstration over the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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Two people stand on a police vehicle during Wednesday’s Black Lives Matter protest in downtown Los Angeles. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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Harina Yacob, 26, of Los Angeles wears a mask reading, “Please, I can’t breathe,” which Floyd is heard saying in video of a police officer kneeling on his neck. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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A protester lies injured on the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)
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People tend to the injured protester on the 101 Freeway near downtown Los Angeles. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters cheer as the injured demonstrator is helped to his feet by firefighters. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters link hands and raise their arms on the 101 during Wednesday’s protest. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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People stand on the side of the 101 Freeway during the Black Lives Matter protest. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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The marchers exit the freeway, but they continued to protest off Aliso Street. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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Black Lives Matter protesters march in downtown L.A. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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The killing of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis sparked this and other nationwide protests. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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Myche Barriere, 23, left, and Annika Sillemon, 16, carry signs at Wednesday’s protest. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters surround a California Highway Patrol cruiser in downtown Los Angeles. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)
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Kika Villareal, 27, left, and daughter Aubrie join Wednesday’s protesters downtown. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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Black Lives Matter protesters gather in downtown L.A. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)
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A protester sits at the intersection of South Hill and West 2nd streets during the L.A. protest. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones/Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters watch the demonstration at South Hill and West 2nd streets. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)
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A protester silently approaches an officer. (Dania Maxwell/Los Angeles Times)
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L.A. protesters make their presence known. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters on a downtown Los Angeles street. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
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Protesters cross Broadway, heading toward Hill Street. (Gabriella Angotti-Jones / Los Angeles Times)
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Jaime Carter holds a U.S. flag as a fellow protester torches it. (Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times)
“If you’re not standing outside of your businesses, they’re going to break into it,” he said.
Mojarro said he supported the demonstrators but he didn’t like that they were targeting businesses.
“We’re with you, I’m not against you,” he said. “If you need to protest go do it in front of the police station. Be angry at them.”
The protests were in response to the death of George Floyd while in police custody in Minneapolis. His encounter with police began Monday night after Floyd, a black man, was accused of trying to use a counterfeit $20 bill at a grocery store.
Cellphone video of Floyd’s arrest outside the business shows Officer Derek Chauvin, who is white, driving his knee into the 46-year-old’s neck as Floyd pleads that he can’t breathe. After several minutes, Floyd appears to lose consciousness, and a bystander can be heard yelling that Floyd’s nose is bleeding. Even as paramedics arrive to check Floyd’s pulse, Chauvin’s knee remains positioned on the man’s neck in the video.
Mojarro said he was mostly upset that the demonstrators didn’t take into consideration how difficult it has been for businesses like his.
He said he had to shut down his second business in Boyle Heights because of the coronavirus outbreak. A month ago, someone broke the window of his burger shop in downtown L.A., which ended up costing him $7,500. On top of that, sales at his restaurant were down by more than 70%.
“Give us a break,” he said. “We got a lot going on already.”
Along 6th Street, between Spring Street and Broadway, residents watched from their lofts and apartments, sometimes egging on demonstrators as they drank beer and recorded video of the chaos.
In the downtown loft district, jewelry stores were hit. One person offered a reporter a handful of stolen jewelry. A nearby CVS pharmacy was looted, as were other businesses elsewhere in the city.
Some pleaded with demonstrators not to damage their cars parked on the street. Almost every wall on a building was tagged with profanity and anti-police statements
Fireworks were set off on the streets, the sparks hitting buildings. The smoke filled the air and protesters became looters, breaking into stores stealing tennis shoes, clothing and electronic items such as televisions screens and speakers.
Demonstrators broke into jewelry stores, rushing in and smashing display cases and taking anything that may have been left out. Jewelry lay on the sidewalk and street and people stopped to scoop up some of it, others began distributing to other people or telling others where to go loot.
“You need tennis shoes? Just go up the street, you can get whatever you want,” one man told another.
One business on 6th Street had a signed that read “Black owned.” The windows of the salon next to it were broken.
It was 2 a.m. and Mojarro and Huizar were still standing outside of the restaurant, taking video as protesters ran up and down the street, smashing things.
Asked what he wanted demonstrators to know: “I’m just a business owner trying to survive.”
WARNING GRAPHIC: Dallas Protesters Beat Man to Near-Death Outside Store
A video of the George Floyd protest in Dallas appears to show a man being beaten nearly to death by the crowd. The victim reportedly tried to defend his shop with a large sword, a report states.
A video posted by Blaze TV’s Elijah Schaffer shows a man being beaten by a mob after he reportedly attempted to “defend a shop with a large sword.” Shaffer reported the rioters turned on the man and beat him with a skateboard and stoned him with rocks.
The article claims the man was critically injured. The reporter said he called an ambulance for the victim.
The victim can be seen being assaulted by multiple attackers. Toward the end of the attack, one man appears to kick the victim in the head and then runs away.
The carnage is evident as the crowd disperses and the victim is revealed lying apparently unconscious in an unnatural position face down in the street.
A later post by the reporter shows the “critically injured” man being tended to by emergency medical workers.
Numerous armed business owners in Minneapolis can be seen on video standing guard to shield their businesses from looters.
Protests turned into full-scale riots as crowds gathered night after night in the city following the May 25, 2020, death of George Floyd. Businesses and police stations were set ablaze, windows shattered, police cars vandalized, and department stores looted.
Some business owners have responded by banding together, armed with AR-15s, AK-47s, pistols, and other firearms to protect their property.
On August 15, 2014, Breitbart News reported armed men protected St. Louis’ businesses from looters in the aftermath of the shooting death of Michael Brown.
Store owners of Riverfront Tattoo used AR-15s to keep their business from being looted and “men with concealed 9mm handguns and revolvers” gathered to defend Mally’s Supermarket.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio. Follow him on Twitter: @AWRHawkins. Reach him at awrhawkins@breitbart.com. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange.