Luis Tamay on Fox News, El Sabor Chuchi, El Chuchi Market

Luis Tamay on Fox News' Fox and Friends Saturday, interviewed by Pete Hegseth, June 6th, 2020.

Owner, Luis Tamay interviewed on Fox News by Pete Hegseth on Fox and Friends Saturday. Luis Tamay owns and operates a restaurant, destroyed by arson, and a market, vandalized and looted, on Lake Street during the riots in Minneapolis, MN.

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Riots, arson leave Minnesota communities of color devastated

Now, ethnically diverse neighborhoods are grappling with the loss of jobs, services and investments. 

Link to Star Tribune Article

“People right now are going to want to stay away from Lake Street and that is understandable,” said Ricardo Hernandez, who owns an ice cream shop there called La Michoacana Purepecha. Workers gave away free Popsicles over the weekend after the shop lost power in the riots.

“It’s very hard to see your whole life savings go down like this. We used up all our money to build something nice for ... not just the Latino community, but everybody,” Hernandez said.

Continued:

Although La Michoacana Purepecha had only minor damage from vandals, he expects a loss of business as many nearby establishments burned and the area remains under threat. His 20 employees, all Latino, are out of work until the neighborhood returns to normal.

On the same block, immigrant Luis Tamay saved for more than a decade to open his Ecuadorian restaurant, El Sabor Chuchi, seven years ago. His specialty was a soup called encebollado, made with tuna fish, yuca, fried plantain and onions. Tamay guarded his lifelong dream the first few nights of the riots, but stayed home on Friday night to abide by the curfew, assuming that he had nothing to fear with the National Guard in town.

He was aghast to see Facebook videos showing El Sabor Chuchi in flames — and even more so when he called 911 for help in vain. By the time Tamay got to his restaurant Saturday morning, it was burned to the ground, along with establishments on either side. He didn’t have insurance, he said, because quotes for the neighborhood were too high. The father of two was already working hard to pay his employees and other bills.

“There’s the freezer right there; the kitchen was right there,” Tamay said, pointing as he climbed the pile of rubble. “Seventeen years of work is gone.”

Repost, featuring Luis Tamay and Ricardo Hernandez, 6 Cities Where Looters Are Ransacking Minority-Owned Businesses

6 Cities Where Looters Are Ransacking Minority-Owned Businesses

Link to The Daily Signal Article

Luis Tamay, an immigrant, reportedly saved for more than 10 years to open his Ecuadorian restaurant, El Sabor Chuchi, in Minneapolis seven years ago.

After guarding his restaurant during the first couple of nights of unrest,  Tamay obeyed the city’s curfew Friday night and went home, believing the Minnesota National Guard would keep order. 

When Tamay arrived at his restaurant Saturday morning, it was burned to the ground, the Minneapolis StarTribune reported. 

“Seventeen years of work is gone,” he told the newspaper. 

Continued:

La Michoacana Purepecha ice cream shop lost power as a result of the riots, and employees tried to give popsicles away. 

“People right now are going to want to stay away from Lake Street, and that is understandable,” business owner Ricardo Hernandez told the newspaper, referring to the location of his ice cream shop. 

“It’s very hard to see your whole life savings go down like this,” Hernandez said. “We used up all our money to build something nice for … not just the Latino community, but everybody.”

Repost: Ricardo of La Michoacana interview with Epoch Times, Ice Cream Shop Owner Stands Outside

Amid Riots, Ice Cream Shop Owner Stands Outside, Pleads With Looters for 3 Nights

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10 Car Fire, Video of block from 9:30pm Friday, hours before

Friday, May 29th 9:30pm

Night of Friday, May, 29th at the corner of Park and Lake, in Minneapolis, MN. Approx. 9:30 pm, 10 car fire at Intermaco Auto Parts, later that night the building to the right (O'Reilly Auto Parts) burned down, as well as Shell gas station, and 711-719 E. Lake Street. Park and Lake block on national news. 

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Support from Alondra Cano, and La Michoacana giving ice cream away to volunteers early Saturday May 30th

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El Chuci Market, Park Ave & E. Lake Street

Before, El Chuchi Market. The article was written on May 30th, 2020, from Matraca News.

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Live footage of Total Wireless Looting 5/29/2020

I came across this video on Reddit. This is Friday May 29th 2020. This is Total Wireless at Park and Lake. Please note the store was already looted the night before. All windows were boarded up. In the video, you can see that, for entry, the looters ripped a secure wood plank. 

I screen recorded this. Someone was doing a livestream on Instagram. 

Link to video on YouTube.  

VIDEO: May 30th Park and Lake, destruction to already devastated block