While hundreds in Long Beach demonstrated against the police killing of George Floyd, a separate group began robbing stores in the Pike Outlets a block away.
Get live updates from Los Angeles Times journalists as they report on protests across the U.S. after the death of George Floyd while in police custody.. The crowd used hammers and threw trash can lids to smash the windows of businesses. Some yelled for them to leave the stores alone. Others cried, “Let’s hit Nike!” before running toward the popular athletic store.
Several minutes later a mob rushed back and stormed into the Forever 21 store, slipping on clothes that were scattered across the floor. At G by Guess, a man used a hammer to smash the door before another man intervened and asked him to stop. Suddenly those wanting to loot the store began punching the man. A woman yelled for them to stop.Chandarley Lim kept saying, “Peaceful protest, peaceful protest.” She said she was sad to see the vandalism and people breaking into stores.
“This is sad, man,” she said of the looting. “This is not a good look. Don’t let the bad examples ruin it for the rest of us.”Mark Lira, co-owner of L’Opera, was home when his wife noticed looters had broken into the Italian restaurant. Lira said he had spent most of the day boarding up the business.
He rushed to the downtown eatery on the corner of Pine and 1st Street and ran inside, cursing at looters who had stolen liquor and broken glass and plates. He said he got help from his brother and other demonstrators who stood outside to prevent others from getting in while he ran through the downstairs and upstairs sections of the restaurant, surveying the damage.“They destroyed the bar,” he said.
He said he was supportive of the Floyd demonstration but was not in favor of people breaking into businesses.
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