A store worker in his 70s was assaulted by a looter Monday night after the man tried to interrupt a mob looting and setting fire to his workplace amid ongoing riots in Kenosha, Wisconsin.
As he tries to prevent the looters from breaking into the building by spraying them with the fire extinguisher, an unidentified person approaches the man from behind and knocks him down.
The woman that was recording the video rushed to the man's aid, along with several other people who witnessed the man's assault. "He didn't deserve any of that, any of it," someone can be heard yelling in the video. "This is just wrong guys, do you not see this?"
Another woman who appears to be with the looters and arsonists, tried to justify the assault, saying they "were just trying to protect" themselves as Cobb sprayed them with the fire extinguisher.
"You don't understand what terrifies these black men out here. They are not making it home to their family," the woman said about the rioting. "How about that?"
The store has since burned to the ground, while Cobb has been released from the hospital and is recovering. All of the store's products were destroyed in the fire.
The suspect, apparently a male, was caught on camera attacking Cobb, but no information has yet been released by authorities about whether they've managed to identify or arrest him.
In Cobb's fundraiser, the owners of the store are described as having helped out people in the neighborhood "for years with money, food, mattresses when no one could afford to pay."
"They have served the Kenosha community selflessly and so didn't deserve this horrible attack," the page reads. "They are honest, hard working and honorable people."
Demonstrations against alleged police brutality in Kenosha erupted after 29-year-old Jacob Blake was shot last weekend. Rioters have since burned down dozens of buildings and broke into small businesses, stealing from them. They also lit vehicles on fire and attacked police officers.
Activists joining the demonstrations were upset that Blake was shot by police on Sunday after they responded to a domestic incident and tried to arrest him.
Blake resisted arrest that day and struggled with officers, who tased him, but he didn't respond and continued being uncooperative. He then walked around the front of his vehicle to the driver's side as police yelled at him with guns drawn, opened the driver's side door, and reached in. Kenosha officer Rusten Sheskey then fired his gun seven times into the suspect's back while holding onto his shirt.
"During the investigation following the initial incident, Mr. Blake admitted that he had a knife in his possession. DCI agents recovered a knife from the driver’s side floorboard of Mr. Blake’s vehicle. A search of the vehicle located no additional weapons," the state Department of Justice said.