California
They needed police help, not handcuffs: because a group of African Americans protected a shop from looters, they were temporarily arrested.
- In Los Angeles, an African-American group tries to protect a shop from looters.
- The called-up police handcuff the store’s protectors while the looters run away.
- A TV reporter and the shopkeeper finally clear up the police.
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In the US state of California, a group of African Americans protecting a shop from looters has been arrested at times. The incident was broadcast live on television. Three blacks were standing in front of a shop in Los Angeles in the Van Nuys district, fending off looters and calling the passing police for help, as pictures of the local Fox 11 television station showed. Some police officers persecuted the alleged looters, but other white police officers turned their guns against the protectors of the shop and handcuffed them.
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“The live reporter then turned to the police in the video and told them that the looters were getting away because they were arresting the wrong people. “These people have nothing to do with it,” said journalist Christina Gonzalez to one of the police officers outside the liquor store. The video spread rapidly on social media in the U.S. on Tuesday. Many users commented that the incident once again shows that the US police still see blacks primarily as perpetrators.
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Shopkeeper explains
One of the three people arrested later told Fox 11 that the police released them after the store owner cleared up the confusion.
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In Los Angeles, on the verge of demonstrations after the death of African American George Floyd during a police operation in the state of Minnesota, looting has repeatedly occurred. Hundreds have been arrested there temporarily during protests since last week.
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(SDA)
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