Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport police are out in full force to ensure smooth Christmas Eve travel a day after a mass protest led to disruptions. They removed themselves and quickly moved by light rail to Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport, where they blocked access to one of its two terminals for around two hours, and then to the streets, where they blocked traffic around the airport.
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Protesters left the nation’s largest mall shortly after a rally began Wednesday afternoon, chanting for justice.
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Bloomington police say that a total of 15 individuals were arrested between both demonstrations, five of which were arrested at the mall for trespassing and misconduct.
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Montgomery said the retail site was the ideal venue for their demonstration to pressure authorities involved in the investigation of Clark’s death to release video footage.
The protest at the mall lasted for almost 30 minutes before protesters were ordered to leave.
Hennepin County District Court Judge Karen Janisch barred three protest organizers named as defendants in the mall’s lawsuit from attending the demonstration, but she limited her order to them.
Officials said access to one of two terminals was closed when more than 100 protesters gathered inside and blocked roads leading to the airport.
“Mall of America has a longstanding policy banning political demonstrations and protests on our private property”, the mall said.
“I think that if it only took 20 people to get the attention of CNN and the rest of the world, they’re on to a great start”, Jeezy said. Jeezy openly voiced his support of the Black Lives Matter group, most especially, the recent protests at the Mall of America. Susan Gaertner, an attorney representing the mall, said it does not allow any demonstrations on the property.
“Black Xmas is here and there will be no business as usual until we get accountability for our dead, and justice for the living”, the activist group said in a statement.
The entire protest stemmed from the shooting death of 24-year-old Jamar Clark.
Protesters also shut down light-rail service to other stations by standing on the tracks, forcing Metro Transit to send buses to transfer commuters as evening rush hour traffic began. Mall officials tried to block the protest, arguing the mall was on private property, but a judge only barred three organizers from attending.
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Bloomington Deputy Police Chief Denis Otterness confirmed that officers would be at the mall but declined to discuss their plans for handling the protest. Mall security guards have also cordoned off parts of a central mall rotunda. There were a couple of flights that were delayed out of the airport because of the protest, said Patrick Hogan, airport spokesman. “My mom is a little bit annoyed, but she’s going to see me this holiday season”.
