Hunting Park ShopRite Reopens After Being Badly Damaged By Looters Last Weekend

Alecia Reid reports.

8 MINUTES AND 46 SECONDS THEAMOUNT OF TIME GEORGE FLOYD'SNECK WAS HELD DOWN BY A POLICEOFFICER.IN OTHER NEWS THIS NOON ANORTH PHILADELPHIA SHOP RITEDEVASTATED BY LOOTERS IS ONCEAGAIN BACK OPEN FOR BUSINESS.IDENTIFICATION REPORTER ALECIAREID IS AT THE STORE THISAFTERNOON WHERE THE REOPENINGHAPPENED FASTER THAN A LOT OFPEOPLE WERE SPECS ALECIA.THAT'S RIGHT.JANELLE.AFTER LAST WEEKEND'S LOOTING THETHOUGHT WAS THAT THIS WOULDN'TREOPEN FOR MONTHS, POSSIBLY UPTO A YEAR.BUT THAT'S NOT THE CASE.THE STORE IS A LITTLE BOARDEDUP, BUT THEY ARE BACK UP ANDRUNNING, AND WORKERS AREGRATEFUL TO HAVE THEIR JOBS BACKTHIS MORNING.THERE WAS A HUGE TURN OUT FROMTHE COMMUNITY THIS MORNING.MEMBERS FROM A NUMBER OFCHURCHES WERE HERE JOINING INPRAYER PRAYER.ONE SPEAKER SAID THE PRESIDENTAND CEO OF BROWN STUPOR STORESNOT ONLY PUTS BREADS IN THETABLE BUT PUTS BREAD IN THEIRPOCKET.HIRES A VAST MAJORITY OF BLACKAND BROWN PEOPLE ALSO GIVESTHOSE TRANSITIONS FROM THEPRISON SYSTEM INTO SOCIETY ASECOND CHANCE.SO THIS REOPENING IS HUGE FORTHE PEOPLE IN THIS COMMUNITY.AND WHEN LOOTERS HIT LASTWEEKEND, IT NOT ONLY DID THEMOST COMPREHENSIVE SUPER MARKETIN THE AREA CLOSE, IT AFFECTEDTHOSE THAT DEPEND ON IT FORCRITICAL NEED.A TRAGEDY HIT THE FIRSTTHOUGHT WE HAD, HOW ARE PEOPLEGOING TO GET THEIR FOOD THE NEXTMORNING?HOW ARE THEY GOING TO GET THEIRMEDICINE?UH-HUH.SO WE'RE NOT GOING TO WORRYABOUT FIRST IF WE HAVEINSURANCE.WHICH WE DO.WE'RE NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUTTHAT.WE'RE GOING TO WORRY ABOUT HOWWE GET THIS STORE OPEN AND TAKECARE OF THE PEOPLE WE CAREABOUT.AND HERE WE ARE.[APPLAUSE]Reporter: HUNDREDS OF MEMBERSFROM BLACK CHURCHES OFFERED TOSTAND GUARD TO WATCH OVER THESTORE.BUT THERE IS NO NEED.THERE ARE NOW ARMED GAITHERSBURGIN THE STRIP MALL AND POLICEPATROLLING PERIODICALLY.ARM GUARDS.THE SHOP RITE AT PARKSIDE WHERETHERE WAS EVEN MORE DAMAGE WILLOFFICIALLY REOPEN ON MONDAY.BUT THEY DO HAVE A SOFT OPENINGAND PRAYER CELEBRATION ONSUNDAY.REPORTING LIVE FROM NORTH