Posted on 08/27/2014 4:09:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
On Saturday August 9, 2014, 18 year-old Michael Brown was shot to death by a Ferguson police officer after he had earlier robbed a local convenience store. As a result of his death protesters in Ferguson have caused mass destruction in the community.
Several dozen businesses were damaged in the looting and violence. Here is an interactive map of the attacks, shootings, lootings, and destruction. Many of the local businesses were looted not just once, but twice.
Now this… St. Louis County officials are discussing disbursement of federal aid to the more than 100 businesses that suffered financial losses during the Ferguson riots. The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported:
With tension continuing to ease in Ferguson, the St. Louis County Council on Tuesday turned its attention to the economic fallout from the nearly two weeks of unrest that rocked the North County suburb…
…A direct result of the turmoil however was the council’s unanimous approval of an $1 million emergency aid package to lessen the hardship of residents prevented from reaching their jobs or supermarkets in a community roiled by the police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown on Aug. 9.
The Department of Human Services will disburse the funds through the United Way of Greater St. Louis, Red Cross, Urban League of Greater St. Louis and other relief agencies.
Responding to an emotional plea from the owner of a bar and grill at Buzz Westfall Plaza, the council is moreover supporting federal and state efforts to provide funding for the more than 100 Ferguson businesses that suffered financial losses…
…Councilman Mike O’Mara, D-4th District, signaled the council’s willingness to help Swiish and other Ferguson store owners by taking the unusual step of introducing an emergency bill supporting state and federal efforts to get the businesses back on their feet.
Dooley told reporters after the meeting that he has met with U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Mo., to discuss the disbursement of federal aid to beleaguered Ferguson businesses.
“If they can bail out the banks,” Dooley said of the federal government. “Then they can bail out Ferguson.”
Once again – Here are JUST A FEW of the Ferguson businesses attacked by looters. A1-Market
Cricket
Radio Shack
Dollar General
Family Dollar
QuikTrip
Shoe Carnival
Advance America Cash Advance
K-Mart Pharmacy
Taco Bell
AT&T
T-Mobile
Auto Zone
Elite Liquor
JC Wireless
Ferguson Market and Liquor
“Gentle Giant” Michael Brown robbed this store the day of his death.
Payday Loans
Yolo Boutique and STL Cordless
Yolo is a black-owned business.
Sam’s Market and Beer
The Dellwood Market
Dellwood Market was looted earlier in the week and then torched on Sunday night.
They might want to keep those boards up for a while. The restless natives will riot again once the cop isn’t charged.
Wow
But I thought they were all just “peaceful protesters”?
NO! Let St Louis and Missouri pay.
I stood by my belief that my own state of Michigan should be the one to bail out Detroit and this is exactly why.
It reminds me of D’iberville, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina, but that was weather, not hooligans.
I’m good with that. And to add, the businesses have to relocate OUT of Ferguson before they get a penny.
If they stay, they pay out of pocket.
edit to add St Louis pays, not State.
Don’t leave until you’ve read this:
The Price of Our Blood: Why Ferguson Is a Reproductive Justice Issue
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3197469/posts
Turning the US into a 3rd world sh*thole, one step at a time. Thank a dem today!
They have already made it clear that if they don’t get it, they won’t support Obama for his third term...
A lot of this happened in the immediate area of Ferguson but there is damaged scattered over
a much wider area than just Ferguson. Look at the map and the locations of the damaged buildings.
If the cop is found guilty, they’ll loot and burn because they were “right”. If the cop if found not guilty, they’ll loot and burn because they wanted him found guilty. Either way, no point in fixing up your building until the post trial riots pass.
St. Louis County Seeks FEDERAL BAILOUT for More Than 100 BUSINESSES Harmed During #Ferguson Riots
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That honestly makes sense, In a perverse sort of way.
Since it was Holder and the DOJ that set loose the ferals and gave them free reign to riot after they took control of Ferguson away from the local PD.
No Federal help.
Period.
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Yolo Boutique - ‘Black Owner’ it says.
WGAF says the looters. Smash and trash anyway.
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