Nordstrom Stores in Seattle and Los Angeles Looted Amid George Floyd Protests

As protests took a destructive turn in Seattle this afternoon, the Nordstrom flagship was among the stores being looted downtown. Separately, multiple reports have surfaced about looting at Nordstrom’s store at The Grove in Los Angeles, which was set to reopen to customers in the coming days as coronavirus restrictions are lifted across the city. In Nordstrom’s hometown, photos from The Seattle Times showed vehicles burning outside the department store as well as looters inside the store throwing merchandise outside. Crowds are gathering in most major cities across the country tonight to protest the killing of George Floyd — a 46-year-old unarmed black man who was killed on Monday by a white Minneapolis police officer, Devin Chauvin, after Chauvin knelt on Floyd’s neck during an arrest. A video taken of the incident showed Floyd telling the officer he was unable to breathe. Since then, national unrest has heated up across America, with protesters and police clashing in some places. A reporter from Fox 11 Los Angeles tweeted about the situation at Nordstrom’s store at The Grove. BREAKING: Nordstrom at The Grove is now being broken into as well. @FOXLA pic.twitter.com/AzcWz5hsvj — Bill Melugin (@BillFOXLA) May 31, 2020 Also in Los Angeles, according to a local CBS station, an

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