Black Lives Matter protest ends quickly at Mall of America

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

US | Wed Dec 23, 2015 3:40pm EST

Black Lives Matter protest ends quickly at Mall of America

BLOOMINGTON, MINN. | BY DAVID BAILEY

A demonstration at the Mall of America on Wednesday by protesters angered by the police killing of an unarmed black man in Minneapolis last month was swiftly broken up by police and mall security on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.

About 100 people started to gather in the east atrium of the mall, one of the largest in North America, around 1:30 p.m. (1830 GMT), despite a judge's warning that the property's owners could legally block the protest, organized by the Black Lives Matter movement.

Police and mall security quickly moved in, warning any who did not leave they would be arrested for violating mall policy against demonstrations and alerting shoppers that that area of the mall was on lockdown. Police took one man into custody and forced people in the protest area outside into a light snow.

People also lined the tiers on the three floors above the protest, although it was not clear whether they were involved or watching. Some stores locked their doors ahead of the demonstration.

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[randys1]

1. More than 100 per the on site, live coverage I heard, but I havent seen pictures

America better fucking figure out that while BLM and others are willing to do this peacefully, we best let them, given how UNPEACEFUL this would be if you reversed everything the past 200 yrs

We best be REAL fucking GRATEFUL how peaceful they are, actually.

[LittleBlue]

4. We, should be grateful they aren't resorting to violence?

[saturnsring]

5. sometimes it seems like some are trying to get people killed

[randys1]

6. We know what would happen if you reversed colors the past 200 yrs...

[Lizzie Poppet]

2. Apparently, they moved to the airport.

Two terminals shut down due to lack of access (it's not like they tried to get inside the terminal itself, which might well have ended tragically, given the national hysteria about "terrorism&quot . Last I checked the Twitter feed, the situation was winding down: access restored to one of the terminals (but slow...lots of traffic backup), the other nearly so.

[lpbk2713]

3. No brainer for the PD.

Put a minority's right to be heard on one side and put the merchants' profit margin on the other ...





Guess who the PD works for?

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

7. Am I surprised? Nope! Not at all...