Why don’t people seem to care about the businesses in Ferguson that were looted?
Where is the presidential task force to provide capital to help the small businesses that were vandalized and looted reopen? Where are the comments from the African American community for laws to be enacted to help the looted businesses recover?
What are the families of the looted businesses owners to do for food, utilities and other necessities of life, having no income because their business has been destroyed?
What is the phone number of the emotional hotline to help the business owners get over the tremendous amount of depression they’re suffering now?
I could go on and on but the point is no one cares.
This not only applies to looted businesses but to a general malaise Americans have toward the victims of crimes that do not involve murder, rape or physical harm.
Is it because the media pays more attention to the principle of, “If it bleeds it leads” and that the public never stops to think about the harm businesses suffer from robbery, looting and theft in general?
The latest news is that QuikTrip will not open another store on the the site where its store was burned down.
Even though a large corporation can absorb the loss better than the small businesses that were destroyed.
Assuming the arrested looters will be found guilty, prosecutors should demand restitution to the businesses that were looted. Is US Attorney General Eric Holder going to investigate whether Federal or Civil Rights laws was violated by looters? If not should Congress create such a law?
Lastly, residents who lost the convenience of being able to shop at destroyed businesses should march and protest against the looters.
At Michael Brown‘s funeral people were encouraged to get involved in the political system and run for office or vote.
This political power should also be used to elect candidates who will enact laws to help businesses open and survive in the African American community and protect them if looting occurs again.
That’s just Common Sense.
Calvin Sense is a prominent African American businessman who chooses not to reveal his identity.
+100
Insurance does not cover looting or riots, these owners (mostly small business owners) are totally screwed. What happened to their rights?
Is that a fact? I had NO idea….
Actually it is not a fact. Riot and Civil Commotion are basic perils in standard fire insurance policies. Been selling it for about 40 years now.
Not everyone covers it.
What I understand is that the black community only wants to be left alone by the police.
Food for thought:
There hasn’t been a new bank open up in the eastside death corridor between 12th st and gregory in the LAST 40 YEARS.
In the last 4 years my little middle class suburb has had 4 banks open within 1.5 miles of me. WOW.
There is just no incentive to do business in the ghetto. Your customers will just not bring in enough profits. And when they have their once-a-decade expression of “rage” then your store gets burned down.
Here is, what is in my opinion, a pretty interesting article about Law Enforcement and cops. It starts off like this-
“The police are out of control all across the country. They can kick in your door at three al.m., shoot your dog, and handcuff your daughters, and you have no recourse. All of this happens with the explicit, intentional help of the federal government. There is nothing to be said for them, police or government. ”
http://www.fredoneverything.net/CopNotes.shtml
It hits most if not all the bases and offers some insight into the realities on our streets in this country.
my oh my. Chuck the sad clown and the rest of you had better wake up.
Seething below this entire episode is a major perfect storm to hit America.
while burger king/walgreeens/g.e. are all planning to circumvent the
tax laws they paid to have written to provide them with loopholes a truck
could drive thru….we are seeing something that will make 2008 look like
a small disaster.
we must either figure out how to deal with the racial issue or we will
be facing a horrific future very soon.
Its not just about Michael brown…its about the fact that 95% of this
nation is about to wake up and realize that America is facing it’s worst
crisis ever.
thanks.
your friend
harley
guys and views like harley are fading away.
a new day will come. How can you speak about the “black experience” when it’s
always “I’m talking with clients” people who can tell me what it’s like.
You know nothing about the black experience harley….it can’t be explained…
it can’t be noted….just talking with someone about it doesn’t make you an
expert.
another sad chapter in your long string of useless comments about subjects you
know nothing about.
thanks.
your friend
paul
You were sittin’ home watchin’ your TV
While I was participating in some anarchy
First spot we hit it was the QT store
I finally got all that alcohol I can’t afford
With red lights flashin’, time to retire
And then we turned that store into a structure fire
April 26th, 1992.
A day that will live in infamy.