RLM made this poster when, in 2014, local authorities arrested and charged 11 Black Lives Matter organizers. All had taken part in a massive demonstration against police killings at the Mall of America, one of the United States’ largest centers of retail capitalism, a few miles away from our studio. Mall management and Bloomington, MN police demanded (unsuccessfully) that the organizers also pay the cost of breaking up the rally with riot squads. After a nationwide outcry, embarrassed prosecutors eventually dropped all the trumped up charges.
The poster shows police handcuffing a young Black Lives Matter activist gagged by the Mall of America logo.
| Poster Dimensions | 11×17" |
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| Print Type | Digital (Union Printed at RLM World Headquarters) |
| Year Created | 2014 |
| SKU | p961 |
| Categories | Humor, Peoples: African American, Posters, Prisons & Policing |
| Tags | activism, black lives matter, bloomington, capitalism, mall of america, minneapolis, Minnesota, organizing, parody, protest, racial justice, repression, satire, shopping |
