It took under one minute for a swarm of looters to ransack a black-owned boutique in Philadelphia amid demonstrations over the death of Walter Wallace Jr.At least 200 small businesses were targeted by looters, including La'Vanter Boutique, where owner Jameelah Scurry arrived on Tuesday to find it a shell of its former self. Tuesday's robbery came two months after La'Vanter Boutique was looted on August 27, around the time demonstrations began over the police-involved shooting of Jacob Blake. Pictured: La'Vanter Boutique after it was looted on Tuesday nightScurry considered herself fortunate to survive the economic upheaval of the COVID-19 pandemic, but this latest hit threatened to upend all her hard work. On Monday afternoon, Wallace Jr. was shot dead by Philadelphia officers after he approached them with a knife. Wallace's father, Walter Wallace Sr., revealed he was distraught by the way responding officers 'butchered' his son.

Source: Daily Mail October 29, 2020 16:11 UTC