The owner of a well-known restaurant in the North End of Boston said she and other restaurant owners were ready to defend their businesses if the rioters on Sunday night had made their way from Downtown Crossing to their neighborhood.
Rioters smashed and looted stores and restaurants near Downtown Crossing and the Back Bay on Sunday night at the conclusion of several daytime protests over the death of a black man in Minneapolis, Minnesota last week at the hands of a white police officer. Boston police made 53 arrests.
Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker thanked George Floyd protesters in Boston who remained peaceful during protests on Sunday, May 31 but had harsh words for the rioters and for President Donald Trump.
The president, according to published reports, told governors in a conference call on Monday that they need to "dominate" rioters or else will look weak.
