“I don’t want my shit to be torn down, but if it happens, it happens”
. Kingston 11 is located on a stretch of Telegraph Avenue that has long been one of the epicenters of political protest in Oakland. Jones says the restaurant was swarmed by protesters who were smashing buildings up and down the street on Saturday night — and was only spared, he says, because someone in the crowd reportedly shouted out, “Not Kingston 11. We know them!”
Jones says he’s watched the video of Floyd’s death — of the more than eight minutes that the policer officer held him down with a knee to his neck — four or five times at this point. “I have the same fear as Floyd or anyone else, if I don’t stop long enough at a stop sign,” he says. “I know I could be the next Floyd. It’s not separate. Those are my people.”
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