150 to 200 people blocked traffic in front of that mall. and then they marched around that building. then they went inside that mall. that one was the west county center. once they went in west county center they chanted no justice, no peace. some protesters called out to customers they should stop shopping. the doors into the west county center in missouri were locked for some time while shoppers remained inside the mall along with the protesters. the mall later did reopen both to let people out and let other people in. later in the afternoon, about 100 protesters made their way to a third shopping center to the chesterfield mall about 13 minutes away from the west county center. they staged another die-in by the mall escalators there. people laid on the ground and held signs. other people marched through the mall chanting shut it down and black lives matter. that mall closed for over an
inside the mall, along with the protesters. the mall later did re-open its doors to let people out and other people in. later, about a hundred protesters made their way to a third shopping center, to the chesterfield mall, which is about 13 minutes away. they staged another die-in by the mall escalators there. people laying on the ground, they held signs. people marched through them all chanting shut it down and black lives matter. that mall closed for over an hour. it closed between 7:00 p.m. and roughly 9:00 p.m. some of the stores in that mall, in the chesterfield mall, remain shut all night. but it wasn t just the st. louis area on friday. this was new york city also on friday. you saw those big protests earlier in the week in new york city. they kept going. this was friday. protesters marched in times square, they also made their way to harold square. you will know that harold square from the thanksgiving day parade.