*After gathering, then leaving planned protests at the Mall of America, Black Lives Matter demonstrators on Wednesday afternoon blocked traffic at nearby Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
Organizers have purposely timed these demonstrations during some of the busiest shopping days of the year to protest police shootings of unarmed African Americans.
View tweets and video from the airport protests below:
Blocking traffic to MSP. We have nothing to lose but our chains. #Justice4Jamar #BlackLivesMatter #BlackXmas2 pic.twitter.com/8lS70xlPiZ
— Alexandra Vagac (@Alley_Cat808) December 23, 2015
AMAZING! The #JamarClark #BlackXmas2 demo has shutdown trains, roads & terminals at the Minneapolis airport! pic.twitter.com/6x9w763Cqh — agitator in chief (@soit_goes) December 23, 2015
at least two detained inside MSP terminal 2, VIDEO pic.twitter.com/PjFUZwLGff — bengarvin (@bengarvin) December 23, 2015
Suddenly the police are surrounded by #BlackLivesMatter protesters pic.twitter.com/ZmPTsN3zgj — North Star Post (@NStarPost) December 23, 2015
MSP airport is shut down #BlackXmas pic.twitter.com/iKAkjevBxJ — Black Lives MPLS (@BlackLivesMpls) December 23, 2015
We just shut down America’s biggest mall, a light rail, the highway and an International airport. #BlackXmas is in full effect #BlackXmas2 — |||| || ||| | |||| | (@micamaryjane) December 23, 2015
Facing the cops #BlackLivesMatter #BlackXmas2 #Justice4Jamar pic.twitter.com/Bu4zxeowqY
— Andrea Kiepe (@AndreaKiepe) December 23, 2015
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