St. Anthony – Sammy Sana stood outside a store on Pecan Valley Drive and Martin Luther King Drive Monday morning to watch hundreds of thousands march past for the first time in three years.
He’s been there for five or six years, but it was strange that there wouldn’t be a face-to-face march in 2021 and 2022.
“I’m so happy to see so many different people and that dream is still alive,” said Sana.
It’s a dream he appreciates.
“Mr. King fought for something.
Sana said “a lot” of pedestrians came in to use the restroom or get a drink. However, the streets around the store were blocked for the march, so there were very few cars in the morning.
But business slowed down overall, but he didn’t mind.
“We’re open 24/7, so one day, no, it’s not a big deal,” he said.
On the other side of Interstate 10, Hungry Pedestrians was good business for Skinny Black BBQ, and an opportunity for the business to further its own purpose.
The business is owned by the family of Marquise Jones, a 23-year-old black man who was shot dead by an off-duty police officer in 2014.
“There is an organization that my sister just started, the Marquise Jones Foundation, and then his father opened a restaurant like he did four years ago.
Like Sana, the family was also generally happy that marching was back.
“When the pandemic hit, everyone was doing their own thing. But marching brings all communities together and everyone unites for one cause,” said Debbie Bush. I was.
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