Flash Mob Rushes to Black Woman Owned Business To Keep Shop From Closing Down

Flash Mob Rushes to Black Woman Owned Business To Keep Shop From Closing Down

  • Incredible scenes captured throngs of flash mobsters making their way to a woman's threatened small business
  • The video shows hundreds of participants in a show of solidarity and support entering the establishment
  • Touched netizens headed to the comments section to applaud the humanity and community spirit displayed

Don't miss out! Join Briefly News Sports channel on WhatsApp now!

Black woman owned business store kept from closing down by flash mob
A viral video shows a flash mob descending onto and supporting a woman's shop to keep its doors open. Images: Wagner Vilas
Source: Getty Images

Incredible things can be achieved when a community comes together.

The heart and compassion of well-meaning people were on full display when they banded together to rescue a business in danger of closing its doors.

Mob rushes to Black woman-owned business

X user @dom_lucre posted a video capturing hundreds of people making their way to and arriving at the business to show their support.

PAY ATTENTION: Briefly News is now on YouTube! Check out our interviews on Briefly TV Life now!

Read also

"Can't compete with that": SA to man seeing crush dropped off in lux whip at res

The caption read:

"A flash mob in Atlanta came together to support a Black-owned business by buying out the entire store to help the owner stay in business."

The 68-second material shows the mob walking through the streets of Atlanta, Georgia, in the US, and finally inside the establishment.

A description in the video reads:

"On our way to bless a Black woman-owned business [which] was [threatening] to close down. This is a blessing to be a blessing. She won't be going out of business on our time. We're here to help."

At one point, the shop owner can be seen and heard appearing overwhelmed after the hoard descends onto her store.

"This is all I ever wanted. All I ever wanted was to see a line out here and the store full," she is heard saying in part, to loud cheers and applause.

Read also

"This is beautiful’: SA enthuses over hun’s breathtaking Home Affairs wedding

Hearty gesture sparks reaction

The emotional scenes garnered nearly 850,000 views within 15 hours of publishing, attracting 41000 likes, 7300 reposts and over 2200 replies.

Briefly News looks at the touching reactions.

@JoeZykan wrote:

"This is how we bring power back to the people. Support your local business."

@ThomasMusket said:

"They should have done that during BLM protests, not burn the businesses down. That would have been a much better message and would have been better received. This is what empowering means, not looting."

@johnbind2 added:

"Is this some kinda euphemism for looting the place clean?"

Flash mob breaks into dance at Gautrain station

In more spontaneity, Briefly News reported that a flash mob broke out in an epic dance routine at a Gautrain station amid free rides to customers.

The spectacular scenes found their way onto Facebook and generated quite a buzz from a bustling online community.

Source: Briefly News

Authors:
Tshepiso Mametela avatar

Tshepiso Mametela (Head of Current Affairs Desk) Tshepiso Mametela is a seasoned journalist with eight years of experience writing for online and print publications. He is the current affairs Head of Desk at Briefly News. He was a news reporter for The Herald, a senior sports contributor at Opera News SA, and a reporter for Caxton Local Media’s Bedfordview and Edenvale News and Joburg East Express community titles. He has attended media workshops, including the crime and court reporting one by the Wits Justice Project and Wits Centre for Journalism in 2024. Email: tshepiso.mametela@briefly.co.za