After scraping by during the Covid-19 shutdown, East Village businesses were looking forward to New York’s reopening when police-brutality protests broke out around the neighborhood. The looting that followed quickly became a talking point for conservative commentators looking to discredit protestors, but many local shopkeepers who experienced break-ins continue to support the ongoing protests even as they pick up the pieces.
“We support the Black Lives Matter movement, and it being a movement and not a moment,” said Laura Sewell. More →