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Shorewood businesses damaged overnight

Credit: TODAY’S TMJ4
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Shorewood businesses damaged overnight
Shorewood businesses damaged overnight
Urban Vape and CBD was looted overnight.

MORE LOCAL BUSINESSES WEREDAMAGED OVERNIGHT.SOME SET ONFIRE.

THIS MORNING-- WE'REGETTING A CLOSER LOOK.ADRIANAMENDEZ IS LIVE IN SHOREWOODTHIS MORNING... AT URBAN VAPEAND CBD ON OAKLAND AVENUE...ALONG OAKLAND AVENUE THIS ISWHAT WE ARE SEEING-MOST OF THEBUSINESS LEFT UNTOUCHED BUTSOME OF THEM ARE LEFT LOOKLIKE THIS-BOARDED UP -WINDOWSSMASHED IN --((YOU CAN STILLSEE THE BROKEN GLASS ON THEGROUND OUTSIDE AND INSIDE THESTORE.

AFTER THE OWNER SAYSHIS STORE WAS LOOTED LASTNIGHT.THIS WEEKEND IT'S BEEN A TALEOF TWO STORIES, PEACEFULPROTEST THROUGHOUT THE DAY.FOLLOWED BY CHAOTIC ANDVIOLENT PROTESTS, LOOTING ANDRIOTS THROUGHOUT THE NIGHT.125 NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERSWERE CALLED IN ON SATURDAY TOASSIST MILWAUKEE POLICE- THEIRGOAL WAS TO PROTECT LANDMARKSAND BUSINESSES.

AS MILWAUKEEPOLICE PATROLLED THE STREETSAND ENFORCED THE OVERNIGHTCURFEW.NOW WE SPOKE TO THEOWNER'S SON OF URBAN VAPE ANDCBS LATE LAST NIGHT --HE SAYSSEEING HIS FAMILIES BUSINESSIN THIS STATE IS HEARTBREAKING."IT GETS ME EXTREMELY UPSETBECAUSE THIS IS SOMETHING WEEARNED.

WE STARTED THISBUSINESSES 2 YEARS AGO AND MYDAD SAVED ALL OF HIS MONEY TOSTART THIS BUSINESS."NOW THE OWNER PLANS TO KEEPHIS BUSINESS BOARDED UP FORTHE TIME BEING.REPORTING INMILWAUKEE ADRIANA MENDEZ TMJ4.

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