Overview

• Fair officials said Gate 5 shut at about 1 p.m. and reopened at 2:32 p.m., pausing bus service and redirecting pedestrians to other entrances.
• Dozens of participants held signs reading “Boycott Target,” according to CBS News reporting cited by Newsweek.
• Police closely monitored the action, which began at nearby Hamline Park before moving toward the fairgrounds, KSTP reported.
• Newsweek reported the protest coincided with a planned Black Lives Matter Twin Cities Metro event in St. Paul focused on police brutality, civil rights and DEI.
• Target disclosed on August 20 a third straight year-over-year sales decline, and earlier this month said CEO Brian Cornell will step down in February for COO Michael Fiddelke.