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Judge Bans Some Black Lives Matter Organizers From Mall Of America Protest

Mall of America had told the Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal reported, “We are prepared to use all remedies available to us”.

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A Hennepin County judge last month dismissed unlawful assembly and other charges against 11 organizers of the protest, but allowed trespass and obstruction charges to proceed against 17 participants who refused to leave when mall security and protest organizers tried to end the assembly.


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Mall representatives are asking that the group cancel the protest and delete social media posts promoting the demonstration.


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“Mall of America supports BLM’s First Amendment right to free expression, but courts have clearly ruled that right may not be exercised on private property without the consent of the property owner”, a request for a temporary restraining order filed in Hennepin County read.

According to the ruling uploaded by MPR, District Court Judge Karen Janisch approved a restraining order prohibiting Michael McDowell, Miski Noor and Kandace Montgomery from being involved in the protest.

Their right to peacefully demonstrate, whether at Rockefeller Center, the United Nations or the Mall of America, should not be restrained.

The Mall of America is hoping to avoid a repeat of a huge demonstration last December that forced the closure of stores.

The mall had requested a temporary restraining order against Black Lives Matter Minneapolis, four named activists and four other individuals, referred to as John Doe 1-4. The mall says traffic counts for the number of cars entering parking ramps on that day were down 15 percent from statistics from the previous five years, which translates into 24,000 fewer shoppers.

“The Mall [of] America continues to seek to bar free speech for the community on its premises despite receiving hundreds of millions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies, which it has used to appropriate the traditional public forum in service of its own corporate profit”, a statement from the group’s Facebook page read.

Thousands of demonstrators descended on Mall of America last December, angry over the absence of charges following the police killings of unarmed black men in New York City and Ferguson, Missouri. Police officials dispute that, and the police union has said Clark had grabbed an officer’s handgun from its holster.

Some who witnessed the incident say Clark was handcuffed when shot. The shooting is now being investigated by state and federal authorities.

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Protesters vowed to demonstrate regardless of the judge’s decision, hoping to draw attention to Clark’s death and pressure investigators to release video of the shooting. A judge on Tuesday barred three organizers from attending the demonstration but said she doesn’t have the power to prevent others from showing up to demonstrate.

Mall of America Asks for Restraining Order Against Black Lives Matter Protesters