Dozens of protesters made their voices heard in Pentagon City this afternoon in response to the grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri.
The demonstrators arrived via Metro around 2:30 p.m., after marching thorough the streets of Georgetown to protest the Nov. 24 decision not to charge Ferguson officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of 18-year-old Michael Brown. They held signs with slogans like “No Justice, No Profit,” “Black Lives Matter” and “Hands Up, Don’t Shoot.”
The protesters marched through the Pentagon Centre shopping center, held a “die in” in the Fashion Centre at Pentagon City mall food court, marched through Macy’s, and later exited the mall and blocked traffic on S. Hayes Street.
Arlington County Police described the protests as “peaceful” and closed some roads in the area. Some stores closed during the protest, which was timed to coincide with the post-Thanksgiving shopping period.
Pentagon City Mall right now. #DCFerguson #BlackLivesMatter #ShutItDown #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/FsUZ0SWzIe
— J. E. Robinson (@curlyheadRED) November 29, 2014
Pentagon city mall y'all pic.twitter.com/XoCjwnEbAc
— mark essex (@madblackstudent) November 29, 2014
Washington DC #Ferguson Protesters Die-In At Pentagon City Mall. #DCFerguson @curlyheadRED pic.twitter.com/narINKlEHW
— Lnonblonde (@Lnonblonde) November 29, 2014
"No Justice, No Profit" Protest #BlackLivesMatter – Pentagon City, Va pic.twitter.com/EBJyehvjiR
— Adam D (@AD_Renaissance) November 29, 2014
Black lives matter… at Pentagon City Mall. #blacklivesmatter #dcferguson #shutitdown pic.twitter.com/2GeU9OScXO
— ClinicEscort (@ClinicEscort) November 29, 2014
#DCFerguson takes over Macy's at Pentagon City Mall chanting "black lives matter" http://t.co/z6dL9jccL7 pic.twitter.com/UwtjZyToPJ
— igorvolsky (@igorvolsky) November 29, 2014
#DCFerguson has shut down S Hayes St in front of the Pentagon City Mall. ACPD getting itchy. pic.twitter.com/xJkTe97rVx
— Joseph Gruber (@JosephGruber) November 29, 2014
Peaceful protest outside Pentagon City Mall. "This is what democracy looks like." "Hands up. Don't shoot." #VA #fb pic.twitter.com/AfN3CDolkl
— Danielle DuCré (@sphereofdin) November 29, 2014
RT @curlyheadRED: Die-in right now. Blocking traffic. Pentagon City Mall. #ShutItDown #DCFerguson #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/w5Jak7RQix
— Aaron B Brown (@AaronBBrown) November 29, 2014