FERGUSON, Mo. (AP) — Leaders of the Ferguson police shooting protests want area shoppers to bypass the Black Friday retail holiday as part of an economic boycott in response to Michael Brown’s death.
The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the Justice for Michael Brown Leadership Coalition is calling for the boycott to begin on Thanksgiving and extend through the four-day holiday weekend. They’ve named the effort “No Justice, No Profit.”
The calls for economic protests come as a St. Louis County grand jury is expected to soon decide whether to indict Ferguson officer Darren Wilson, who is white, on criminal charges in the death of Brown, who was black.
Coalition leaders renewed calls for peaceful protests should the grand jury opt against criminal charges. They want holiday shoppers to support black-owned local businesses.