A lot of the riot damage was "coincidentally" only done to Asian owned shops, in targeted racism of the black populace against the Asian immigrants who own and run local stores.
And apparently members of the mob justify this since they weren't getting free stuff:
FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
FONSECA: I had to go to work one day. I needed just a plain, white shirt for this day because I didn't have my work shirt. I came into the store, I said, man, look, I get paid Friday. I buy at this store all the time. I just need to borrow a shirt until Friday. I'll come back here. You see me all the time.
Yep. The store owner has a crazy policy of requiring payment for goods, and because of that, the mob was justified in destroying the store and his means of income.
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/30/40323...etween-african-americans-and-asian-owned-busi
And apparently members of the mob justify this since they weren't getting free stuff:
FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
FONSECA: I had to go to work one day. I needed just a plain, white shirt for this day because I didn't have my work shirt. I came into the store, I said, man, look, I get paid Friday. I buy at this store all the time. I just need to borrow a shirt until Friday. I'll come back here. You see me all the time.
Yep. The store owner has a crazy policy of requiring payment for goods, and because of that, the mob was justified in destroying the store and his means of income.
http://www.npr.org/2015/04/30/40323...etween-african-americans-and-asian-owned-busi
