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Houston's Galleria site of racially charged protest
Photo By Marie DeJesus / Houston Chronicle
Protesters took to the streets and to the stores at the Houston Galleria and the surrounding areas Saturday to voice their displeasure with the recent events in Ferguson, Missouri and the Eric Garner case in New York City.
Photos on Twitter showed protesters holding signs near stores such as Gucci, Saks Fifth Avenue, Microsoft and the Galleria’s skating rink. One sign called former Ferguson officer Darren Wilson a murderer.
As protesters marched with signs, it looked like business as usual inside the Apple store's second floor location.
Some participants were lying on the ground in protest -- a pose being called a "die in" at sites around the country. One "die in" was held outside the Prada store, according to a photo on Twitter. While ice-skaters glided on the Galleria's ice rink, protesters a floor above lay on the ground in the pose.
Read more: http://www.chron.com/houston/article/Houston-s-Galleria-sees-Ferguson-and-Garner-5939992.php
