During the riot, people took merchandise from stores and broke into some. When we were walking behind the stores that faced O'Connell street, we saw lots of clothes and items just dropped on the ground. A lot of these had tags on them still. They must have been stolen earlier in the civil unrest.
While we were at the riot, the Foot Locker got broken into. If you look closely in one of the first pictures I posted, you can see the broken glass windows and the police guarding the entryway. When this store was broken into, we saw loads of people running off with merchandise. We were actually behind the store and just saw people running off with sports clothing.
Apparently, Shuh (a shoe store), Footlocker, and another shoe store got broken into. Eddie Rockets and McDonald's had their windows broken. Clothing also appeared to be stolen from Penny's (a discount clothing store). I wonder why these stores were targeted. Merchandise easy to carry, poor security? Oh, there were also loads of store security guards at the entrances of any stores that were open and that didn't have the metal pull down gates.
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