Baltimore rioting damage estimate at $9 million: U.S. government

[Little Tich]

Source: Yahoo! News / Reuters

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Damage from rioting in Baltimore over the death of a black man from injuries in police custody is estimated at $9 million, a U.S. government survey showed on Wednesday.

The survey by the Small Business Administration found that more than 30 businesses and one home sustained major damage between April 25 and May 3 in unrest sparked by the death of Freddie Gray, 25.

The survey also found 254 businesses and one home experienced minor damage.

Damages to businesses totaled $8,927,000, and to homes $60,000, a Small Business Administration spokeswoman said.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/baltimore-rioting-damage-estimate-9-million-u-government-194435850.html

[geek tragedy]

1. $9 million isn't that much. nt

[7962]

2. Thats got to be a low estimate. The CVS would almost cost that much.

[Little Tich]

4. The number is repeated in other news outlets.

But, yeah, the number seems a bit low.

[Renew Deal]

3. The number seems low

It adds up to approx. $300,000 per store. It must be just reconstruction cost?

[Yupster]

14. That was my reaction too

I bet it's the rebuild and repair costs.

No way it includes inventory too.

[kirby]

17. Or maybe...

It appeared from the non-stop sensationalist media coverage that passes for 'news' these days that 1/2 the city was in flames.

[A Little Weird]

5. I wonder what the cost of police brutality in Baltimore comes to

Just for the sake of comparison.

[7962]

10. I think the city has paid out several million in recent years. nt

[FLPanhandle]

6. The big businesses like CVS can afford it.

Those 200+ small businesses may not reopen or go bankrupt.

[winstars]

7. So whats that, like 2 seconds of what money we spend in Kabul or Bagdad..

[daleo]

8. That's about one millionth the damage bankers caused in 2008

[MichMan]

9. Need to catch up?

So more rioting is OK until we catch up ????

[dembotoz]

11. sounds good to me

[NaturalHigh]

13. Seriously?

I have no sympathy at all for the rioters and looters. Hopefully they all end up doing hard prison time.

[leftynyc]

15. You must be missing

your sarcasm thingy. Unless you're okay with those small businesses getting completely trashed and unable to afford to open again which in turn would mean all those jobs are permanently gone because criminals decided to pillage and loot rather than something constructive.

[dembotoz]

18. no not missing the sarcasm thingy I feel for the small businesses i am one myself

but damnit something had to be done

we can not always be koomayah

sadly in this nation
thousands protest no big deal

break a window....out come the cameras

[leftynyc]

19. Out come the cameras

where the topic of conversation immediately moved from the behavior of the police to the behavior of the rioters. Do you really think that was helpful in any way at all?

[Major Hogwash]

12. The judgment from a civil lawsuit against the officers could be higher.

But, maybe not sustained on appeal.

[leftynyc]

16. That doesn't help the small

businesses that cannot afford to reopen or the employees of those companies who are now unemployed.

[Sunlei]

20. and the mental and physicial damages to humans police have beaten and killed = how many billions?