A black family tried to get the attention of the police to protect a neighborhood store in Van Nuys

[ehrnst]

and were immediately handcuffed.

Moments before they were handcuffed after trying to get the attention of the police, the woman described why it was important for her and her family to protect the store and their neighborhood.

Link to tweet

[LizBeth]

1. This last handful of days, time and again, across the nation, we are being shown the very racism

that is being protested.

[crickets]

2. Exactly. 😢