Black Lives Matter Shake Down In Louisville

[GURPS]

Cuban community plans rally at NuLu restaurant in response to Black Lives Matter demands


Fernando Martinez, a partner of the Olé Restaurant Group, was one of dozens of business owners in the downtown Louisville district who recently received a letter from protesters laying out demands that aim to improve diversity in the area, which is known for its locally-owned shops and restaurants.

Martinez has publicly denounced the demands on Facebook, calling them "mafia tactics" used to intimidate business owners. And on Thursday, a small group of protesters confronted him outside his newest restaurant, La Bodeguita de Mima, on East Market Street.

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On Thursday, a small group of protesters returned to the restaurant after seeing Martinez's post about the demands on Facebook. While there, one protester smashed a flower pot outside the business, while the rest spoke with Martinez and other employees about why the demands are needed.

The demands and an attached contract, which were created by local organizers and activists, ask NuLu business owners to:

• Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;
• Purchase a minimum of 23% inventory from Black retailers or make a recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization;
• Require diversity and inclusion training for all staff members on a bi-annual basis;
• And display a visible sign that increases awareness and shows support for the reparations movement.

 

[GURPS]

The protesters say business owners in the area have benefited from years of gentrification following the demolition of a public housing complex that displaced many Black families. And they put forth the demands during a demonstration last week, calling on the owners to employ more Black people, purchase more inventory from Black retailers and undergo diversity training.

Some owners have embraced the requests, saying they recognize the area's history and want to make their businesses more inclusive.

But others, including restaurateur Fernando Martinez, say they take issue with how the demands were presented. Martinez dubbed them "mafia tactics" used to intimidate.

"There comes a time in life that you have to make a stand and you have to really prove your convictions and what you believe in," Martinez wrote in a public Facebook post. "... All good people need to denounce this. How can you justified (sic) injustice with more injustice?"

According to a press release, members of the city's Cuban community will meet outside the NuLu restaurant at 4 p.m. Sunday to support the immigrant-owned business, which "has been subject to vandalism and extortion in recent days."

Cuban community plans rally at NuLu restaurant in response to Black Lives Matter demands

Restaurateur Fernado Martinez was one of dozens of NuLu business owners who recently received a list of demands from Black Lives Matter protesters.

www.courier-journal.com

 

[Sneakers]

It would be great if the local shop owners could stand up and say, "Ya know what? We're gonna relocate. Away from here, to where our business is appreciated. Know what that means? No opportunity for blacks, or anyone else. Take your threats and stuff it."

Yeah, I know. Few, if any, would have the resources to pull it off. But I'd love to see it happen.

 

[GURPS]

Blacks Shaking Down Latinos

 

[GURPS]

Louisville Black Lives Matter Using 'Mafia Tactics' on Hispanic Business Owners

And if you refuse to be on the “right side (my side) of justice at all times,”? Nice business you have there. Be a shame if anything happened to it because you weren’t on the “right side of justice at all times.”

Martinez’s pleas for understanding fell on deaf ears. His restaurant has been the target of vandalism and overt threats in recent days. In response, the Hispanic community is rallying around Martinez and offering their support for his resistance.

According to a press release, members of the city’s Cuban community will meet outside the NuLu restaurant at 4 p.m. Sunday to support the immigrant-owned business, which “has been subject to vandalism and extortion in recent days.”
The release states that La Bodeguita de Mima was forced to close July 24 during a demonstration that shut down East Market Street, at which several protesters presented Martinez with the list of demands and said he “better put the letter on the door so your business is not f*cked with.”
The restaurant remained closed the next two days because “management and staff were concerned about safety,” according to the release. “30+ staff members (mostly immigrants) were unable to earn a paycheck.”

 

[Rommey]

Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;

I wonder how this tactic would play out if the hispanic community went to black owned businesses and demanded they have a minimum of 5% hispanic employees...you know, to represent the hispanic community in Louisville.

 

[Sneakers]

Starting to sound a lot like affirmative action. And we know how well that worked out.

 

[glhs837]

Blacks Shaking Down Latinos

Because BIPOC starts wish Black...

 

[herb749]

BLM chasing Latinos to Trump. Biden better call them from his basement .

 

[Monello]

A smart business will hire the best employees, no matter what box they check on some census form. A latino restaurant is more likely to hire people that are familiar with that type of cuisine. Going out on a limb here but I'd guess a Hispanic would be the best fit for any opening in Jesus' cocina. Plus latinos are notorious for being hard workers. You don't hear that about the other downtown Louisville demographic group.

OTOH if a business doesn't have enough employees of any other groups, say women, Asians, Native, Hispanics, Aleuts, is BLM going to go to bat for those IPOCs?

 

[GURPS]

A local reporter posted the following five “repercussions of non-compliance” that were reportedly included in the letter:

• Reduction in Racial Index Score/bias report to the Better Business Bureau.
• Social Media Blast: Notification, via all social media platforms, of non-compliance.
• Boycott: Public boycott, coordinated through social media and mail announcements, of your NuLu establishment AND any other business ventures owned by you.
• Protest: Visible, media-covered demonstration/sit-in outside your establishment.
• Invasive Reclamation: Placement of booths/tables outside your establishment where competing Black proprietors will offer items comparable to those offered by you.

https://www.dailywire.com/news/dema...esses-lists-5-repercussions-of-non-compliance

 

[stgislander]

Invasive Reclamation: Placement of booths/tables outside your establishment where competing Black proprietors will offer items comparable to those offered by you.

Can they do that?

 

[itsbob]

Hard to believe ANY business owner would do any of this of their own accord.. amazing how far Democrats are willing to go to get those votes.

Paying protection money to BLM?? Who ever thought this was even possible in 2020??

AND the local government allowing it, not just allowing it, but supporting it.

 

[itsbob]

Can they do that?

If you are in a city led by democrats, damn right they can.. and will be forced to as the local government will join in the extortion and tell the proprietor, you will comply or we will deny your license to do business in our city!!

 

[stgislander]

If you are in a city led by democrats, damn right they can.. and will be forced to as the local government will join in the extortion and tell the proprietor, you will comply or we will deny your license to do business in our city!!

I sense war coming to Louisville very soon over the city allowing one race to shake down another race for "protection."

 

[BOP]

Turns out all those redneck, racist, southern bigots were correct.

 

[Kyle]

Democrats have been working up to this for 60 years but people kept dismissing the incremental actions as "nothing to worry about" ... now it's come to fruition.

 

[Freefaller]

Cuban community plans rally at NuLu restaurant in response to Black Lives Matter demands


Fernando Martinez, a partner of the Olé Restaurant Group, was one of dozens of business owners in the downtown Louisville district who recently received a letter from protesters laying out demands that aim to improve diversity in the area, which is known for its locally-owned shops and restaurants.

Martinez has publicly denounced the demands on Facebook, calling them "mafia tactics" used to intimidate business owners. And on Thursday, a small group of protesters confronted him outside his newest restaurant, La Bodeguita de Mima, on East Market Street.

[clip]

On Thursday, a small group of protesters returned to the restaurant after seeing Martinez's post about the demands on Facebook. While there, one protester smashed a flower pot outside the business, while the rest spoke with Martinez and other employees about why the demands are needed.

The demands and an attached contract, which were created by local organizers and activists, ask NuLu business owners to:

• Adequately represent the Black population of Louisville by having a minimum of 23% Black staff;
• Purchase a minimum of 23% inventory from Black retailers or make a recurring monthly donation of 1.5% of net sales to a local Black nonprofit or organization;
• Require diversity and inclusion training for all staff members on a bi-annual basis;
• And display a visible sign that increases awareness and shows support for the reparations movement.

 

[Freefaller]

Isn't this what organized crime has been doing to business owners for years?

 

[Kyle]

Isn't this what organized crime has been doing to business owners for years?

organized crime, unions and the Democrats have been a triad for all of the 20th century