..they want you to listen. can hear what they want?
Shut It Down! (with pics)
The Galleria Mall in St. Louis was shut down today as hundreds of black and white activists walked chanting through the enormous shopping center on "Black Friday". We learned about the action just before it began and when we arrived inside the mall many activists were already there leading chants like:
- Shut it down
- Indict, convict, put the killer cops in jail - the whole damn system is guilty as hell
- No justice, no peace
- Forward together, no going back
- No Black Friday
- Hands up, don't shoot
- Stop shopping, join the movement
As the crowd swelled it took over both floors of the mall and about half the stores pulled down the security gates to close their shop. Many of the workers inside the stores stood behind their gates and clapped, chanted and filmed the protest. The best moment was when two women in Macy's uniforms led the rousing chant "No Black Friday".