<p><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Baltimore-Unrest-Reveals-Tensions-Between-African-Americans-And-Asians-_-NPR.html">Baltimore Unrest Reveals Tensions Between African-Americans And Asians _ NPR</a></p>
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<p><em><strong><a href="http://www.npr.org/2015/04/30/403231749/baltimore-unrest-reveals-tensions-between-african-americans-and-asian-owned-busi" target="_blank">FROM NPR</a></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">YVONNE GORDON: They was like, this is a black-owned store. And we&#8217;re not going to tolerate it. So go ahead and move. Go on home somewhere &#8217;cause we&#8217;re not going to tolerate it.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: But she says the Korean-owned shops on the block didn&#8217;t get that protection.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">GORDON: Those boys that stopped them from coming in knew he was a black-owned store. But in the same instance, they didn&#8217;t go across the street to the Koreans to say don&#8217;t come in.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: Now, across Baltimore, lots of businesses owned by black people were vandalized. But on this particular stretch &#8211; picture three treeless blocks of row houses, a lot of them boarded up &#8211; the only shops that were targeted were ones owned by Asian immigrants &#8211; mostly Koreans. Gordon says she feels really sad about that. Like pretty much everyone who lives in the neighborhood, she&#8217;s black, but she considers some of the Asian shopkeepers like family, like the older Korean man who&#8217;s run a convenience store across the street for decades. Still, not everyone on the block feels that way.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_8280" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8280" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Baltimore-Police-face-off-with-thugs-breaking-windows-and-damaging-police-cars.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-8280" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Baltimore-Police-face-off-with-thugs-breaking-windows-and-damaging-police-cars-300x225.jpg" alt="Baltimore Police face off with thugs breaking windows and damaging police cars but were ordered to stand down and not prevent looting." width="300" height="225" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8280" class="wp-caption-text">Baltimore Police face off with thugs breaking windows and damaging police cars but were ordered to stand down and not prevent looting.</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">TRAVIS FONSECA: It&#8217;s almost like payback, I guess you could say.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don&#8217;t feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it&#8217;s definitely justified.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: Fonseca says while some of the rioting was prompted by anger at police over what happened to Freddie Gray, for many, it was a moment to vent frustration over what they see as economic injustice. This neighborhood is so poor. There are so few decent jobs. And the few businesses that do exist are mostly run by Asians. But Fonseca says they won&#8217;t hire anyone from the neighborhood. They profit off of us, he says, but they give nothing back. He points to a storefront with a yellow sign that says Short Stop Mart.</span></p>
<figure id="attachment_8285" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-8285" style="width: 300px" class="wp-caption alignleft"><a href="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Senior-center-destroyed-by-thugs.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-8285" src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com//wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Senior-center-destroyed-by-thugs-300x225.jpg" alt="Senior center destroyed by thugs" width="300" height="225" /></a><figcaption id="caption-attachment-8285" class="wp-caption-text">Senior center destroyed by thugs</figcaption></figure>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">FONSECA: I had to go to work one day. I needed just a plain, white shirt for this day because I didn&#8217;t have my work shirt. I came into the store, I said, man, look, I get paid Friday. I buy at this store all the time. I just need to borrow a shirt until Friday. I&#8217;ll come back here. You see me all the time.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: He says they told him no. And it felt like a total rejection, like he was some stranger not worthy of trust.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">(SOUNDBITE OF RUSTLING BAGS)</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: Over at that Short Stop Mart, the manager, Tina Chen, is ankle-deep in broken glass. During the riot, this place was trashed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">TINA CHEN: They destroy everything &#8211; all the candy bar, you see the ATM machines, all the cigarette, all the baby formula is gone &#8211; everything.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: Chen moved from China 10 years ago. She&#8217;s worked here every day for the last three years since her father-in-law bought the place. She says she thought she got along with their customers. She had no idea tensions ran this deep. As she picks through the trash, people keep popping in.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CHEN: We&#8217;re not open.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #1: You&#8217;re closed?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CHEN: Yeah.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">UNIDENTIFIED MAN #3: Yeah, they closed.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: They marvel at the wreckage and offer condolences.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">UNIDENTIFIED MAN #4: Damn.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">UNIDENTIFIED WOMAN #2: I am so sorry this happened to you all. You all are good peoples, too.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: Chen gives a tight smile. Sure, they&#8217;re nice to her face, she says. But these could be the same people who stole the baby formula off her shelves. A man knocks on the door asking for cigars.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">UNIDENTIFIED MAN #5: You ain&#8217;t got no Bullet?</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CHEN: No, I told you I got nothing.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">MAN #5: That&#8217;s why they took everything.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: That&#8217;s why they took everything, he taunts, laughing. Chen flinches.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">CHEN: You see? You can see how the people treat me, so &#8211; even when I&#8217;m in this situation, they still treat me like this.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 12pt;">AIZENMAN: So she says, now there&#8217;s nobody I can trust. Nurith Aizenman, NPR News, Baltimore.</span></p>
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8350 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 16:35:27"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Wicomico-County-Sheriff-Mike-Lewis-and-roadblock-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8350 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">TRAVIS FONSECA: It's almost like payback, I guess you could say.

AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8349 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-30 16:30:53"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/A-kid-who-has-been-raised-properly1-600x428.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8349 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">TRAVIS FONSECA: It's almost like payback, I guess you could say.

AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8300 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 11:05:36"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Mayor-Bozo-Baltimore-Sun-photo-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8300 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">TRAVIS FONSECA: It's almost like payback, I guess you could say.

AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8285 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 00:36:58"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Senior-center-destroyed-by-thugs-600x428.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8285 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">TRAVIS FONSECA: It's almost like payback, I guess you could say.

AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8299 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-04-28 11:03:50"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Baltimore-Police-Commissioner-Batts-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8299 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">TRAVIS FONSECA: It's almost like payback, I guess you could say.

AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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 <li style="display: none; width: 100%;" class="slide-8484 ms-image " aria-roledescription="slide" data-date="2015-05-08 03:00:07"><img src="https://www.the-chesapeake.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Baltimore-City-States-Attorney-Marilyn-Mosby-announces-charges-against-officers1-700x500.jpg" height="500" width="700" alt="" class="slider-8371 slide-8484 msDefaultImage" /><div class="caption-wrap"><div class="caption">TRAVIS FONSECA: It's almost like payback, I guess you could say.

AIZENMAN: Travis Fonseca is a tall, muscular 24-year-old hanging out on the corner. He says the looters were justified.

FONSECA: You know what I mean? For all of the unspoken things that has happened between those businesses and our people, I feel like it was payback. I don't feel like it was the most reasonable thing to do, but it's definitely justified.
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Thugs targeted Asian-owned stores during riots while Mayor Bozo ordered police not to interfere
Thugs take a spring break on police car in Baltimore riots in 2015.