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FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Demonstrators are looking to grab the attention of post-Thanksgiving shoppers today, to voice their anger over a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer who shot and killed Michael Brown in suburban St. Louis.
They've been going to major retailers around the St. Louis area to speak out. And similar protests have been planned at shopping centers around the nation.
In Chicago, about 200 people gathered near the city's Magnificent Mile shopping district. One demonstrator called it "a day of awareness and engagement." Kristiana Colon said, 'We want them to think twice before spending that dollar today." She added, "As long as black lives are put second to materialism, there will be no peace."
Early today in the St. Louis suburb of Manchester, about two dozen people chanted, "No justice, no peace, no racist police" after police moved them out of a Wal-Mart.
Other planned events around the country seemed relatively brief and thinly attended. In Brooklyn, New York, a "Hands Up, Don't Shop" protest had been scheduled, but no one materialized.
Security was heightened at the Wal-Mart in Ferguson on Friday morning, with military Humvees, police cars and security guards on patrol. The store was busy, but there were no protesters.
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APPHOTO NY116: About 200 people demonstrate at a plaza near the historic water tower, located along Chicago's Michigan Avenue, on Friday, Nov. 28, 2014, in Chicago. The protestors called on people to boycott shopping on Black Friday as a show of solidarity with protesters in Ferguson Missouri. At one point the demonstrator lay down on the cold ground in a silent protest. (AP Photo/Sara Burnett) (28 Nov 2014)
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