The Brief
- A Long Beach street vendor says he can no longer work after being brutally attacked while selling ice cream at Belmont Pier on July 4.
- Community advocate Tito Rodriguez says street vendors continue to face violence and is encouraging victims to speak out.
- Police are investigating the assault, while a GoFundMe has been created to support the vendor and his family during his recovery.
LONG BEACH, Calif. – A street vendor says he’s unable to work after being brutally attacked on July 4 in Long Beach.
Now he’s speaking out in hopes of protecting other vendors from similar violence.
Long Beach Police say they’re investigating. The department says a preliminary investigation reveals that the victim was working as a street vendor “when a male adult suspect approached the victim and assaulted him.”…