Amid Ferguson Decision, Best Buy Area Stores Opened as Usual Tuesday
Best Buy closed one store in the St. Louis area early Monday ahead of the 8 p.m. CST announcement of the St. Louis County grand jury decision exonerating Ferguson, Missouri, police officer Darren Wilson in the shooting of Michael Brown,…
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a Best Buy spokesman emailed us Tuesday. All Best Buy stores in the area were open normally on Tuesday morning, he said. A store associate at the Best Buy in Brentwood, the location that closed early on Monday, told us that plans called for regular store hours and a 9 p.m. closing time Tuesday night “as far as anyone has told us.” The company is “monitoring the situation closely and will make adjustments when necessary to ensure the safety of our employees and customers,” the spokesman said. “Because of the developing nature of the situation, we aren’t going to speculate on what may or may not happen later in the week.” Meanwhile, numerous news outlets, including International Business Times, reported Tuesday that momentum is building nationwide on social media to boycott Black Friday Weekend sales to hit corporate America "where it hurts" over the fatal shooting of Brown. Numerous published reports cite the Times article, which quoted New Black Panther Party member Dacia Polk calling on St. Louisans to “withdraw your participation the entire weekend.” Walmart, meanwhile, is facing additional pushback on Black Friday with nationwide protests organized by OUR (Organization United for Respect) Walmart, which is seeking better working conditions for Walmart employees. Three Walmart stores in the St. Louis area -- including a Sam’s Club location -- are slated to be targeted by protesters, BlackFridayProtests.org said. Walmart didn’t immediately respond to requests for comment on St. Louis-area store closings.