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Armed Civilians Save Local Businesses During Minneapolis Riots https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/armed-civilians-save-local-businesses-during-minneapolis-riots/
Two white men and two black men armed with AR-15s stood outside a tobacco shop and beauty supply store across from the Target that was looted in Minneapolis last night. Those stores were some of the only ones in the area left unharmed. https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/armed-civilians-save-local-businesses-during-minneapolis-riots/
"These guys are out here with machetes and shattered windows trying to keep looters out of their business because cops can't get in here," one of the armed men told @maxnesterak. "So, I figure, before there were cops there were just Americans. So, here we are."
"The cops are a lot less likely to try and tread on people's rights when there are other armed Americans with them," a second armed man guarding the stores said. "I figured that it's about d— time some heavily armed rednecks stood with fellow citizens."
One of the armed men guarding the stores during the Minneapolis riot referenced Korean store owners during the 1992 Los Angeles riots as inspiration for why they decided to help. Korean-Americans, left unprotected by police, took up arms to defend their businesses from looting.
Korean-Americans who lived through the riots said the police abandoned them and their stores during the looting. The community was forced to use their own firearms to defend their businesses.
The image of armed Korean-Americans lining the rooftops of their stores to defend them from looters is one commonly revered in the gun-rights movement. This is a good piece on the details of what happened: https://www.cnn.com/2017/04/28/us/la-riots-korean-americans/index.html
The Minneapolis men said they support the protests but don't want to see businesses destroyed by looting. https://freebeacon.com/latest-news/armed-civilians-save-local-businesses-during-minneapolis-riots/
