A Salvadorian restaurant owner helped cops who were hurt in the riots rocking Los Angeles , even though she sympathizes with some of the protesters — and footage of her actions is now going viral.

“They’re humans,” eatery owner Elizabeth Mendoza told The Post of the injured officers she and her workers assisted as they sheltered in her Compton restaurant La Ceiba in the heat of the city’s riots Saturday.

“And they were just doing their duty, trying to protect everyone around,” Mendoza said, explaining she didn’t think twice when the cops asked for help. 5

Mendoza and some other local Hispanic workers said that while they agree with the demonstrators’ cause — migrants’ rights — violence and looting are no way to achieve anything.

“Spray painting and all this damage, that’s not he

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