KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Dan McCall got a call Saturday evening from the Kansas City, Missouri, police department telling him someone threw a rock through one of the windows of his restaurant on the Country Club Plaza, but he wasn’t mad.
“Ultimately, it’s just property. The message getting out from people is a lot more important that what the one window will cost me in the end,” McCall, the owner of The Classic Cup Cafe said.
McCall planned to reopen the restaurant for the first time since Kansas City implemented stay-at-home restrictions Tuesday, but does not know when management at the Plaza will now allow him to reopen now.
Police have blocked off the Plaza because protests are taking place one block away at Mill Creek Park. Friday and Saturday, police reported vandalism on Plaza property.
Protests are taking place to end police brutality. They match similar protests taking place across the United States in response to the death of George Floyd.
“We’ll take our dings as we to try to make sure more people are prepared to be happy with an end result,” McCall said
The leadership team at Charlie Hustle, a clothing store with a location on the Plaza, echoed those sentiments. It released the following statement.
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The Plaza will remained closed Wednesday. Leaders have not said when it will reopen.
