Minneapolis business owners support the protesters but wish it would’ve gone differently
, was shot and killed by a Minnesota police officer in 2016 as his girlfriend broadcast on Facebook Live, creating a national uproar. Hunter himself faced two felony charges of rioting during a protest over Castile’s death, but the charges were later dismissed.
“I’m so sorry they were in between what’s been going on between the cops and black people,” he said. “But we’ve got to stop this in some way, in some fashion, and I think it’s happening. Something amazing is going to come out of this, I know it.” Though in complete agreement with the cause, other business owners wish that small, locally run stores could’ve been left out of the firing line—particularly in an area that offered black business owners opportunities for success.
, said that on the first night of demonstrations she couldn’t fathom black-owned businesses being attacked, but did not find her neighborhood staple spared.... [+]Now looking at a city with gas stations, banks and grocery stores completely emptied of inventory or burned to a crisp, Holmes—like many others in the area now lacking direct access to essentials—insists that the damage could not have been done by locals and believes the looters focus attention away from powerful protests.
After toughing it out through months of depleted sales due to Covid, the conjoining bookstores were broken into on the third night of riots, resulting in the destruction of over 100,000 books . Blyly said there is nothing salvageable—both the exterior and interior of the more than 100-year-old building were burned. Unsure about insurance and the well-being of his six employees, Blyly estimates that it will take a year to open shop again.
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