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Apparently those that didn't like the fergusen ruling are at least being peaceful about it.
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. — One of the St. Louis area's most popular shopping malls was closed for more than an hour on Black Friday when people protesting the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case marched into the Galleria and lay down on the third floor.
It was one of several protests around the country that targeted the rush of crowds in downtown shopping centers and suburban malls, some causing temporary or early closures and leaving broken storefront windows. Protests in the San Francisco area shut down a key commuter train for about an hour, while those in Seattle attempted to stop the city's tree-lighting ceremony. At least three dozen people were arrested.
Near St. Louis, police arrested 16 people, including 15 protesters who were from outside Missouri, after a protest that started at shopping malls ended up in front of the Ferguson, Mo. police department, which issued a warning to leave the streets. Ferguson is the town where a white police officer, Darren Wilson, shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, in August. A grand jury on Monday decided not to charge Wilson, a decision that has set off days of protests in major cities.
Earlier in the day, more than 100 protesters marched through the busy Galleria mall, chanting "black lives matter" and urged shoppers to skip shopping to show solidarity with their cause.
Police were on hand Friday in expectation of the protesters. Shoppers were asked to leave after the protesters lay down.
"I thought they were very peaceful," said Sarah Jeffords-Haas, who walked around the protesters on the floor of the mall.
"This is no longer a protest, it's an uprising," said Kymone Freeman, who wore a plastic pig snout while he led the protesters through the mall.
Apparently those that didn't like the fergusen ruling are at least being peaceful about it.
RICHMOND HEIGHTS, Mo. — One of the St. Louis area's most popular shopping malls was closed for more than an hour on Black Friday when people protesting the grand jury decision in the Michael Brown case marched into the Galleria and lay down on the third floor.
It was one of several protests around the country that targeted the rush of crowds in downtown shopping centers and suburban malls, some causing temporary or early closures and leaving broken storefront windows. Protests in the San Francisco area shut down a key commuter train for about an hour, while those in Seattle attempted to stop the city's tree-lighting ceremony. At least three dozen people were arrested.
Near St. Louis, police arrested 16 people, including 15 protesters who were from outside Missouri, after a protest that started at shopping malls ended up in front of the Ferguson, Mo. police department, which issued a warning to leave the streets. Ferguson is the town where a white police officer, Darren Wilson, shot Michael Brown, an unarmed black teen, in August. A grand jury on Monday decided not to charge Wilson, a decision that has set off days of protests in major cities.
Earlier in the day, more than 100 protesters marched through the busy Galleria mall, chanting "black lives matter" and urged shoppers to skip shopping to show solidarity with their cause.
Police were on hand Friday in expectation of the protesters. Shoppers were asked to leave after the protesters lay down.
"I thought they were very peaceful," said Sarah Jeffords-Haas, who walked around the protesters on the floor of the mall.
"This is no longer a protest, it's an uprising," said Kymone Freeman, who wore a plastic pig snout while he led the protesters through the mall.