A nationwide boycott of the Dillard's department store was announced Wednesday by some black activists as a sign of protest in the case of a Houston man who allegedly died after being detained by the store's security guards. Hear More On Planned Protest Black Muslim Movement leader Quannel X and several Houston-area ministers called for the boycott on the steps of the civil county courthouse downtown, where the trial in the wrongful death lawsuit filed by Darryl Robinson's family is under way. Robinson, 37, who suffered broken ribs, died two days after the June 1, 1994, incident, when doctors took him off life support. "We're saying to our people, 'Don't spend a dime at Dillard's,'" Quannel X said. The group said that it is planning a protest at the Galleria store at 4 p.m. Sunday, and is asking supporters to cut up their Dillard's credit cards at the protest. "To see this brother in the condition that he was in proves that he suffered great trauma at the hands of some killer that is still running loose," Rev. Chris Wright said. The store manager and two off-duty Harris County sheriff's deputies employed as security guards said Robinson came into the store near closing time, screaming about demons, and officers had to subdue him to keep him from hurting himself or others. An autopsy found that Robinson died of a heart attack. Another medical examiner ruled two years after his death that Robinson died of asphyxiation because of the hogtying, the officers' weight on him and fluid in his lungs. His family is suing the city, five Houston police officers, the two guards and Little Rock, Ark.-based Dillard's for unspecified damages. Previous Story:

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