Jeff Kimbrough is a "Wake Up Wal-Mart" Organizer. He told Eyewitness News, "People without adequate health care. They pay poverty wages and that's not the thing to do at Christmas time."
The protestors' signs stated their purpose. They read "Change Wal-Mart - Change America."
As holiday shoppers streamed toward the front door, the demonstrators listened to speeches. Some even yelled to get their point across.
Paul Kincer, a labor union member for about 30 years, wanted his voice heard during what he called the "Wake Up Wal-Mart" rally. "Maybe (we can) bring awareness to American people, you know, and it actually brought some to myself."
The protest soon got the attention of store managers. Although they declined comment about the demonstration, they did call sheriff's deputies. In fact, police were dispatched on a report of "trouble with a person" just before 6:00 Thursday evening.
Sheriff's deputies arrived shortly after that. One of the deputies addressed organizers. "Wal-Mart says you don't have a right to be on their property and they have a right to say leave the property."
Organizers admit they never got Wal-Mart's permission to be on Wal-Mart property. They agreed to end their demonstration if told by sheriff's deputies.
Organizer Jeff Kimbrough said, "We are going to demonstrate peacefully and we are going to get our message across."
The demonstration eventually ended without incident. But organizers vow their campaign is far from finished.
