KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Black Friday shoppers at the Country Club Plaza Shopping Center in Kansas City, Mo., watched a group of Ferguson protesters march and shout “More than black Friday. Black lives matter.”

Protesters were marching in response to the Nov. 24 Missouri grand jury decision to not indict Officer Darren Wilson for the killing of unarmed, 18-year-old Michael Brown.

Sirens from the Kansas City Police Department filled the plaza and one protester was in custody as additional protesters drew attention from passers-by. Most protesters conducted peaceful demonstrations, such as chanting and walking with signs.

One protester, who wished to remain anonymous, said he feels that the shooting of Brown in August was improper justice.

“If anyone else would have murdered someone they would have went to jail. Simply because he’s a boy in blue means that he got off scot-free,” said the protester.

The protester said he didn’t think all cops were bad and that they are human like everyone else. Officers should therefore be tried like everyone else.

Daniel was a magician who was performing on the sidewalk near the protesters’ demonstration. Once they began chanting he stopped his small scale show and stepped back to watch.

“It looked like a really decent demonstration,” Daniel said.

Daniel said the Ferguson incident was tragic and he wishes that people could know exactly what happened.

Another anonymous protestor said evidence in the case wasn’t shown.

“The prosecuting attorney didn’t even try to prosecute,” said the second protester. “All he did was say that there was conflicting evidence and just move along. That’s not fair.”  

Protesters ran into a problem with Kansas City police officers once they began to lay on the ground as if they had been shot and killed.

Two police officers approached the group of protestors on the ground and said “you cannot lay on the sidewalks. You are impeding the flow of pedestrian traffic.”

The Kansas City Police declined comment on the issue.

One protester said pedestrians could simply go around their demonstration.

Protesters remained on the ground as an individual from the protesting group traced the outline of their bodies onto the concrete.

The police officer then repeated himself and told protesters who were on the ground that if they did not get up, they would be arrested. Protesters slowly got up off of the ground after one last outline had been completed.

As protesters began marching on, they began shouting “What do we want? Justice. When do we want it? Now,” and “who do you protect? Who do you serve?”

The first anonymous protester said the group was simply trying to get people to pay attention.

“People are stopping and looking,” the protester said. “This is what we are trying to accomplish.”