FERGUSON PROTESTS MOVE TO TARGET, WAL-MART STORES

Ap ^ | 11/28/14 | AP

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

FERGUSON PROTESTS MOVE TO TARGET, WAL-MART STORES

MANCHESTER, Mo. (AP) -- Dozens of people have interrupted holiday shopping at major retail stores around the St. Louis area to speak out about a grand jury's decision not to indict the officer who fatally shot Michael Brown.

The protests began Thanksgiving night and continued early Friday. Protesters spent a few minutes at each store, shouting inside. Officer in at least one store ordered them to leave. There was no immediate word of any arrests.

According to Johnetta Elzie, who had been tweeting and posting videos of the protests, demonstrations occurred at a Wal-Mart and Target in Brentwood, two Wal-Marts in St. Charles and one Wal-Mart in Manchester.

[grania]

The 12 year old who looked older had a realistic looking air rifle with the orange band indicating it wasn't a lethal weapon removed. There's been nothing in the media about anyone owning up to why the child had that "toy" with the marking removed.

It should be a teaching moment. It *ucks that the boy is dead, but my gosh, kids have to know they can't wave guns, fake or real, at people.

[Chode]

it's always somebody else's fault

[Amity]

Supposedly, the 12 year old in Cleveland is autistic, meaning he may not have been “old enough” to understand how his actions appeared to others.

That said, some of my kids are on the autistic spectrum, and when the one who is the least aware was 12, he didn’t get to go anywhere without someone to keep an eye on him, and he *definitely* didn’t get to handle anything that looked like a gun!

[ronnie raygun]

Early christmas looting