Cannabis dispensaries across the United States are falling victim to looters and in some cases even armed robbers using protests against police brutality and institutional racism as cover.

The protest wave gripping the US was sparked by the killing of George Floyd, a 46-year-old black man who was killed by Minneapolis police officers last week.

According to countless videos uploaded to social media, dozens of cannabis stores were broken into and ransacked.

In San Francisco, SPARC, Mission Cannabis Club, California St. Cannabis Company, The Green Cross, Dr. Greenthumb’s, The Apothecarium, Urbana, Moe Greens, Grass Roots, Connected Cannabis, Dutchman’s Flat, BASA Collective, Blunts+Moore, and Medithrive were looted.