[lapsus calami]

 

 

The experience a friend of mine had was that the warehouse he worked at elected to stay open, so all the employees were bringing their boomsticks to work with them, not only to protect themselves during their commute to work but also to defend the business with if need be. They set a watch and the plan was that if any of the ruckus got close the watch was to advise and keep track about it and if badguys got closer than a predetermined distance only then would they "show teeth" and bounce some rounds downrange to make the outlaws scamper. Never came to that, the destruction halted two blocks away. Friend was an Army Ranger and a number of other employees were former infantry riflemen, so the thugs would have been in deep dookey if they'd tangled with that bunch.

 

 

[Spktyr]

I’ve heard similar accounts from others, and I know from both personal observation and media coverage that there were black storeowners defending their property and businesses as well. The mobs weren’t exactly checking to see who owned a store as the riot developed. I think the media ended up focusing on us ‘roof campers’ because we were the most visible from the air and ground. It certainly wasn’t “just Asians” defending their stuff.