Two businesses in Oakland’s Fruitvale district were reeling Wednesday morning after a group of people allegedly looted a shoe store following a peaceful anti-ICE protest Tuesday night. One person was arrested on suspicion of stealing merchandise, police said.
A crowd ransacked a Shiekh shoe store near International Boulevard and 34th Avenue on Tuesday night, according to police and videos reported by KTVU. A car parked on 34th Avenue was set on fire, and trash cans on the sidewalk were knocked over, spilling garbage onto the sidewalk.
The looting and vehicle fire occurred after a peaceful protest denouncing arrests of immigrants by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers had ended, according to businesses owners and Fruitvale residents…