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Calls for Shoppers to Boycott Black Friday Shopping

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Black Friday shoppers looks for deals at a Best Buy store on Nov. 29, 2013, in Naples, Fla., that opened its doors at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day this year.   Spencer Platt
Black Friday shoppers looks for deals at a Best Buy store on Nov. 29, 2013, in Naples, Fla., that opened its doors at 6 p.m. on Thanksgiving Day this year.  
Spencer Platt

Activists, celebrities and some clergy are urging a protest against the Michael Brown grand jury decision by refusing to shop on Black Friday. The message has been spreading via social media under the hashtags BlackOutBlackFriday and #HandsUpDontSpend, among others.

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