Pierre Toulakany is manager of the West Coast Jewelry Center with 50 retail jewelry stores. And the feeling is that we could, in a day, lose our entire life savings. Lieutenant Horst Frank, of the Los Angeles Police Department, suggests that may be an overreaction. I think it is important to point out quite a few businesses will be operating on their normal schedules. It's not a situation where everyone is trying to run or anything like that.
People make individual choices or decisions and that is entirely within their right to do so.
Hannasay's shelves are lined with gold chains, earrings and bracelets. If we call 911 until they get here, we're going to be finished here. Jeweler Fred Caton worries that small businessmen are low on the security priority list. The forces they have are limited. So they cannot protect us and at the same time protect the Staples Center, the delegates and so on.