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Vandals damage Jefferson City businesses after George Floyd protest


Some Jefferson City business owners boarded up smashed windows Tuesday after vandals took advantage of a peaceful protest Monday night. (Mark Slavit/KRCG 13)
Some Jefferson City business owners boarded up smashed windows Tuesday after vandals took advantage of a peaceful protest Monday night. (Mark Slavit/KRCG 13)
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Some Jefferson City business owners boarded up smashed windows Tuesday after vandals took advantage of a peaceful protest Monday night.

Police reported damage to several businesses after thousands of people gathered in Jefferson City to protest the death of George Floyd.

Officers called Donna Deetz and her husband Mike after someone threw rocks and bricks through both of their storefront windows on High Street. The glass dated back to 1912.

Donna Deetz said the damage to her store had nothing to do with Monday night’s protest in Jefferson City. Deetz believed vandals took advantage of the situation and threw rock and bricks into the windows of several businesses on High Street.

Deetz said it was a challenge to replace her 8 feet by 8 feet century-old windows.

“We had the glass company out here this morning," Deetz said. "They said it would be a minimum of four weeks to find the appropriate glass to put in.”

Jefferson City police said the vandalism along High Street was an ongoing investigation.

A witness saw some men running from the scene after the windows were broken.

Vandals also damaged two storefront windows at Norm’s Barbershop. It wasn’t the first time for Norm Luebbert. Norm’s Barbershop was vandalized in 1968 after the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

“I’ve had it happen twice now," Luebbert said. "I don’t like it. There’s not a whole lot you can do about it, I guess.”

Jefferson City Mayor Carrie Tergin examined the vandalism. Tergin said city leaders supported the rights of protestors and would punish anyone causing civil unrest.

“The vandalism is a disappointment because the whole spirit of having a peaceful gathering is what that was meant to be and really was for the most part," Tergin said.

Tergin didn’t want to impose a curfew for Jefferson City Tuesday. The mayor said police and community members continued to work together to prevent civil unrest.

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