BREAKING NEWS – Louisville, Kentucky – Fernando Martinez, a business owner in downtown Louisville, Ky., took part in a demonstration with fellow members of the Cuban community and expressed solidarity with Black Lives Matter protesters even after he called their recent demands in the city “mafia tactics.”
The Louisville Courier-Journal reported that business owners in the area received letters from protesters that included a list of demands to improve diversity in the community and in the workplace. The paper cited a press release that said the letter was delivered by protesters who told Martinez to put it on his front door so “your business is not f***ed with.”
The paper reported that some of the demands laid out in the letter included a minimum of 23 percent of the staff being Black, they must buy at least 23 percent of their goods from Black-owned retailers, and to give an extra set of keys to their businesses to BLM organizers, so they can conduct late night inspections to insure that the agreement is honored, and as a place to store weapons.