Ahead of the protest, Black Lives Matter Minneapolis on Twitter asked supporters to donate for bail, citing the mall’s “history of overreaction to peaceful events”. That rally, led by the Reverend Jesse Jackson and other prominent black and white leaders, drew attention to the issue of racial profiling by law enforcement – which has been a significant factor in the deaths of nearly 800 black citizens over the past year.
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“The Court does not have a sufficient basis to issue an injunction as to Black Lives Matter or to unidentified persons who may be acting as its agents or in active concert with the Black Lives Matters movement”, Janisch wrote.
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A Minnesota court has granted a restraining order requested by the Mall of America against three people tied to a planned Black Lives Matter protest. The organizers’ attorney argued during a Monday hearing that those demands were clearly unconstitutional.
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“The Minnesota Supreme Court, based on United States Supreme Court decisions in the past, has said very clearly that Mall of America is private property and has a right to ban demonstrations”, said the mall’s attorney Susan Gaertner to Minnesota Public Radio.
Gaertner said Tuesday she was pleased with the ruling. Hopefully, there will be enough police present to deter vandalism and destruction of property, but don’t bet on it. BLM needs a media home run and an incident at the largest mall in America would fill the bill.
The mall’s attempt this week to get a judge to shut down the protest failed, in part.
Bloomington police have not said what type of increased security measures the mall may put in place.
Named defendants Miski Noor, Kandace Montgomery and Michael McDowell were barred from demonstrations, but the group could not be forced to remove social media posts promoting the protest or to add notices saying the protest was canceled, Janisch said. Authorities say they won’t release it while investigations continue.
“We are a leader-full organization”.
A similarly timed protest previous year at the MOA drew almost 3,000 Black Lives Matter supporters. About two dozen people were arrested in that protest. The 24-year-old died the day after he was shot by police responding to an assault complaint.
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Judge Karen Janisch granted a temporary restraining order against the three people that planned the massive protest inside the Mall scheduled for Wednesday, but says she can’t prevent others from showing up. In addition, they want federal terrorism charges to be brought against four men who shot at protesters outside a Minneapolis police precinct last month, injuring five.
