As closing arguments get underway in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, residents and business owners are bracing for a possible repeat of August 2020 when demonstrators took to the streets after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake.
As closing arguments got underway Monday, residents and business owners braced for a possible repeat of August 2020 when demonstrators took to the streets after a white police officer shot Jacob Blake, a black resident, leaving him partially paralyzed.
Lyna Postuchow, owner of “A Summer’s Garden” floral shop in downtown Kenosha, Wis. Last summer, protesters damaged her business.She was home last summer watching live surveillance video as a protester broke her store windows and damaged the front door. The shop sustained more than $10,000 in damage, which was covered by insurance.
Several businesses on 6th Avenue between 56th and 57th streets that were targeted by demonstrators were either closed or unoccupied Monday. Owners of open establishments said they were waiting to see what comes next. “Our city is on the line. Either way, you’re going to have people who are unhappy. Only half will be happy about the outcome. The other half are the people who are coming,” to possibly damage businesses, he said.
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