LL Bean gets evicted

We targeted an L.L. Bean in Columbia, MD. We delivered the manager an
"Eviction Notice," and proceeded to walk around the store with signs, passing out brochures and talking to the customers. Within a couple minutes, we were asked to leave, so we moved outside to the main store entrance. We held signs, talked to customers and passerbys, and passed out literature.

The mall security arrived about 10 minutes later. Rather than engaging them in conversation, we continued to talk to interested customers. Soon after, one of us walked by the security guard holding a sign. The guard lunged at him, grabbed the sign out of his hands, and tore the sign in half. He did not react to the security guard, but rather picked up the sign, held the torn pieces together, and walked away. Immediately after, a different protester approached the security guard and calmly told him that she thought he was being aggressive and that tearing the sign was unwarranted. He would not respond to her questions or comments, but repeatedly told us that we had to leave and that the police were on the way. We agreed to leave, and continued engaging customers until we reached our cars.