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#BlackoutBlackFriday Targets Retailers as Protests Continue against Ferguson Grand Jury ( Dec. 1 )
Demonstrations target major retailers around the country for economic and racial justice#t=0
JAISAL NOOR, TRNN PRODUCER: Daily protests are continuing nationwide after a November 24 grand jury decision to not indict Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson for killing unarmed black teen Michael Brown. On November 28, those protests coincided with nationwide rallies against Black Friday.
This year, stores opened on Thanksgiving and remained open on the Friday after--a traditional holiday known for throngs of shoppers camping out for days and getting into fights for the best shoppings deals of the year.
As protestors shut down malls in several cities across the country in solidarity with Ferguson, as many as 1,600 Walmart stores faced their largest Black Friday protests yet, by the union-backed group Our Walmart, with demands including living wages and the right to unionize.
CROWD: Black lives matter! Black lives matter!
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