“Black communities across the United States are taking courageous actions to impede the flow of goods and commerce with peaceful protests to call for an immediate overhaul of the justice system”, Black Lives Matter said in a statement on Facebook.
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Activists for the U.S. African American civil rights movement – Black Lives Matter – on Wednesday held a protest at a shopping mall in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and temporarily blocked traffic to a local airport, demanding justice for a black man killed by police last month.
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This sets the stage for a tense confrontation between protesters and law enforcement officers in the nation’s largest mall in one of the busiest shopping seasons of the year.
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Stores closed their gates, kiosks were covered, and several signs that read that protests were not allowed could be seen across the mall property.
About 500 protesters briefly gathered at the mall before abruptly walking out while chanting, “What do we want? Now!” Some protesters then went to a nearby light-rail train station that allowed quick access to the airport a few miles away… Paul International Airport. “Significant traffic backups” were caused as a result of the protests, the airport said.
Airport spokesman Patrick Hogan says two checkpoints in a secondary terminal reopened after protesters were dispersed.
As another example of media bias towards the protesters, NBC claimed the protesters “marched out of” the Mall, even though they were clearly forced out by police…something at least one protester freely admitted on social media.
The move by Black Lives Matter to plan a protest at the Mall of America for the second year in a row strikes at the often-tricky balance between free speech and the rights of private property owners.
Some of the dispersed protesters left the mall and boarded trains to the airport, CNN affiliate WCCO reported.
The Mall of America sought a court injunction blocking the protest after a rally last Christmas drew hundreds of demonstrators to the East Rotunda.
During the rally inside the mall, the world’s busiest, an announcement was made over the center’s public address system to advise the demonstrators that they would be arrested shortly.
Four men who police described as racists with anti-government views were arrested after opening fire on the protesters on November 24, injuring five people.
Our number one priority is the safety of everybody out at the Mall of America today.
Mall attorney Susan Gaertner had said a restraining order would make it clear that the mall prohibits demonstrations on its own private property. A judge on Tuesday barred three organizers from attending the demonstration, but said she didn’t have the power to block unidentified protesters from showing up. Federal and state investigators are looking into the shooting but video footage of the incident has not been released.
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“While I’m delayed an hour and a half to get back to my family for Christmas, I know there are several black families mourning the loss of innocent black men”, Griffin, a 29-year-old from Minneapolis, told the AP.
