WCCO-TV in Minnesota is reporting that the Mall of America is considering a lawsuit against the organizers of a protest that led to a partial lockdown of the mall the weekend before Christmas:
Mall officials are reportedly gathering estimates of how much money the stores lost on Saturday.
Combined with the amount of overtime put in by police, [Bloomington City Attorney Sandra] Johnson said the numbers will be “staggering,” and she wants the protest organizers to pay.
The moment the chanting started Saturday, officers locked down about 80 stores and several mall entrances. In and around the rotunda, business came to a halt for about two hours.
News of a pending lawsuit has many protesters and sympathizers calling for a boycott of the mall, if not a nationwide boycott of all chains that do business inside the Mall of America.
One word. Boycott. @deray: The Mall of America is planning to sue Minneapolis organizers http://t.co/p3W15fgZ2I”
— zemogomez (@zemog) December 23, 2014
@RKdoe @micamaryjane @NanceLeeM @deray I think we need to launch a nationwide boycott of @mallofamerica if they move forward w/prosecutions.
— Nekima Levy Armstrong (formerly Levy-Pounds) (@nvlevy) December 23, 2014
@nvlevy @RKdoe @micamaryjane @deray @mallofamerica Agree.
— Nance Lee (@NanceLeeM) December 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/ajlamesa/status/547211740820541440
@deray So a big, giant boycott should fix that.
— Phillipa Charlotte (@QueenPhillippa) December 23, 2014
@ajlamesa @deray @mallofamerica Sure sounds like they are asking for one.
— Nasty D – Not A "Good German" Never Will Be (@DawnGulick) December 23, 2014
@nvlevy @deray @RKdoe @micamaryjane @NanceLeeM @mallofamerica Not only the mall, ALL the national chain stores within the mall. #NotOneDime
— Nasty D – Not A "Good German" Never Will Be (@DawnGulick) December 23, 2014
@deray please let us know names of Stores to boycott nationwide #Minneapolis
— Caligirlberner (@Twitlertwit) December 23, 2014
@nvlevy @RKdoe @micamaryjane @NanceLeeM @deray @mallofamerica – They have already lost my business for their complete lack of class.
— Jackie Craig ??♀️??♀️ (@JackieC1989) December 23, 2014
@deray We will change "Mall of America" name to "Mall of Fascism" if they cont legal harassment of #BlackLivesMatter protest organizers #MOA
— Resist (@ResistNow1) December 23, 2014
Other protesters are surprised that the Mall of America can’t see that the die-in and occupation actually helped business.
@deray They're the ones who chose to close up shop, that's on them. WTF?!
— Propane Jane™ (@docrocktex26) December 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/cattrosemel/status/547188683225710593
Hey @mallofamerica, I want my $4 I spent at Auntie Anne's back #BlackLivesMatter
— Dan (@danrnelson) December 23, 2014
@deray @micamaryjane How do they know all 3k protesters didn't also shop? I did. Hub & father in law were stuck in Sears for hr – shopped!
— Nance Lee (@NanceLeeM) December 23, 2014
@WhatAPriss @micamaryjane @mitbot @deray There were so many of us w/shopping bags we were joking about how hard it was to do the die in.
— Nance Lee (@NanceLeeM) December 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/WhatAPriss/status/547214940374073344
https://twitter.com/WhatAPriss/status/547215906712322048
https://twitter.com/WhatAPriss/status/547216002791260161
https://twitter.com/MelissaHysing/status/547217403097411584
@NanceLeeM @deray @micamaryjane I bought a delicious hot tea that I carried with me throughout the protest. But that's none of my business.
— Marco m (@Marcomumarco) December 23, 2014
@micamaryjane @NanceLeeM @deray I was planning on shopping after. I was SHOCKED that MOA chose to shut down rather than welcome protester $$
— please take to the streets (@RKdoe) December 23, 2014
So protesters had planned on spending money at the mall, which is a good thing?
https://twitter.com/tweetdzzzSTL/status/547188799915450368
https://twitter.com/AbsolutLIBRA/status/547249110949314560
https://twitter.com/ImericanSaveyou/status/547189192917516289
@deray @OpFerguson Let's make sure we reinforce the message that money is more important than lives.
— Fantasist (@mmartine_writes) December 23, 2014
https://twitter.com/AIL24/status/547202589532495872
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