“You don’t care about other black lives. You only care when it’s good for your world view, when it’s good to help you sin, when it’s good to help you promote your wicked agenda of abortion, homosexuality and trying to take over this nation,” the owner’s brother, José Riesco, said over a speaker outside the restaurant in a video posted to the owner’s Instagram.
Nini’s was also removed from two Halal-focused restaurant guides, Zabihah and Haloodie, and the Cash Drop food ordering app. The restaurant was the target of protests by hundreds of people Friday and Sunday.
“People want us to conform to their beliefs, and if you don’t, they’re willing to exterminate you,” owner Juan Riesco said Monday. “All because they don’t believe in our religion and what we stand for. That’s a scary place for our country to be.”
Riesco added that while he “supports the idea of Black Lives Matter,” he disagrees with pro-LGBTQ and pro-choice views of protestors. Following the protests, Riesco said his family has received death threats and left the city out of concern for their safety after their home addresses were leaked. Nini’s, he said, will not reopen.
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