Protesters with the Black Lives Matter movement briefly shut down the Mall of America and blocked traffic at the Minneapolis airport Wednesday as last minute Christmas shoppers and travelers looked on, AFP reports.
The famed Minnesota mall tried but failed to get a court order to bar the protesters from the sprawling shopping center --a move activists said only steeled their resolve to disrupt shopping two days before Christmas.
The protest comes with the United States embroiled in an acrimonious national debate about racism and the use of deadly force by police.