“This hurts, but watching him lose his life like that, it hurts more, it hurts more than losing my business,” Brandy Moore said from outside the destroyed property.
After Moore’s clothing store and small recording studio were destroyed on May 30, she's been trying to pick up the pieces while also supporting the fight for justice and equality, visiting the site of the memorial where Floyd’s life ended with thousands of other peaceful demonstrators.
“When I arrived to the scene and to see what was taking place, initially you feel the hurt behind what you’re witnessing,” Kerney said of the night when their store burned down. The two later reopened a second clothing store they have in nearby St. Paul and watched Thursday's memorial service for Floyd from a television in their business.
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