Rioting Against Racism Ravages Black Businesses

Rioting Against Racism Ravages Black Businesses

Riots about the wrongness of the treatment of George Floyd by police have led to the destruction of black businesses and lives. ...
Michael Tennant

Riots about the wrongness of the treatment of George Floyd by police have led to the destruction of black businesses and lives.

When Korboi Balla arrived at his Minneapolis sports bar the morning of May 28, he broke down. Just days before it was set to open, the bar, into which the firefighter, husband, and father of four had poured his life savings, was destroyed by rioters protesting the death of George Floyd seemingly at the hands of the Minneapolis police.

“I don’t know what we’re going to do,” Balla told CBS This Morning. “It hurts, man. It’s not fair, it’s not right. We’ve been working so hard for this place. It’s not just for me, it’s for my family.”

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