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   > Colorado is a shithole, just like San Francisco.  Who cares what   
   they do to their citizens?  Fuck them.   
      
   Denver business owner calls out city for payments to BLM protesters   
   after 'devastating' losses from 2020 riots   
      
   A Denver business owner spoke out Thursday against the city,   
   expressing his frustration that it agreed to pay millions to Black   
   Lives Matter protesters that "devastated" storefronts in the area   
   during the 2020 George Floyd riots.   
      
   Zach Monks, who owns Sole St. Shoes, said he lost $170,000 worth of   
   merchandise due to the riots, but he never received a penny from the   
   city despite the million-dollar payout to BLM protesters.   
      
   "I'm frustrated with the city for sure, for the lack of support that   
   they've shown all the businesses downtown," Monks said on "Fox &   
   Friends."   
      
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   "It's been devastating… It'll probably take us anywhere from five to   
   10 years to recover from what happened," he continued.   
      
   City councilors agreed to the settlement unanimously earlier this   
   week, agreeing to pay $4.7 million to settle the class-action   
   lawsuit. The latest development brings the grand total of payments   
   in settlements and verdicts to more than $20 million.   
      
   According to the lawsuit, Denver police allegedly unfairly targeted   
   protesters for violating the city's 8 p.m. curfew while not   
   enforcing the same rules for other bystanders.   
      
   It also claimed hundreds were taken to jail during the protests when   
   they should have been ticketed for curfew violations instead.   
      
      
   Despite the city's pushback, it agreed to the settlement because of   
   the "burdensome and expensive" nature of the lawsuit.   
      
   Co-host Steve Doocy asked Monks if the rioters who ravaged his   
   business had been held accountable for the damage done to his   
   company and others in the area.   
      
   "None that I'm aware of," Monks responded. "We provided the city   
   with the information that we had, the videos and everything that was   
   posted, even to social media."   
      
   He also said he wasn't certain city officials even tried to locate   
   the perpetrators.   
      
   Nonetheless, he urged the city to take action in order to protect   
   business owners like himself moving forward.   
      
   Monks called on city officials to foster an environment in which   
   businesses like his can flourish, saying something must be done   
   about open-air drug use and the homeless population.   
      
   "The biggest thing the city can do for us is just make it a viable   
   place to do business going forward," he said. "The money… from the   
   loss, it's almost too late to replace that. Those businesses are   
   already gone. We just need a viable place to do business."   
      
   "Make it a safe and… clean environment… where… people are willing to   
   come down and… experience what we have to offer downtown," he   
   continued.   
      
   https://www.foxnews.com/media/denver-business-owner-calls-city-   
   payments-blm-protesters-devastating-losses-2020-riots   
      
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