Jewelers Looted in Minneapolis Protests
June 03, 20
(IDEX Online) - Workers in Minneapolis fled in terror when looters threw a rock through their jewelry store window.
A dozen staff were stashing valuables in a safe at R.F. Moeller Jewelers, in St. Paul, when company president Bob Moeller received a text warning from police that a mob was approaching.
They escaped through a back door as looters smashed their way in with sledgehammers.
The company's other store, in Edina, was also looted and vandalized.
In a separate attack, a security guard was reportedly shot at Thurston Jewelers, in Minneapolis.
And MSP Jewelers, in Uptown, Minneapolis, says it has lost up to $80,000 of inventory in a series of nightly raids.
Many other stores in Minneapolis and across the USA have been attacked, just as they were re-opening after COVID-19 lockdowns.
Protests over the death of Mr Floyd, a black man who died after a police officer kept his knee on his neck for almost nine minutes, show no signs slowing.
Pic shows protests in Minneapolis