Look on the first page of security guard Robert Williams' deposition regarding what he *observed* at:
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"As they were walking through the common area they were stopping customers to express why they are wearing the shirts."
So, why did Reuters omit this detail in their report? Had it been there--even if it had been reported as, "The complaint states that. . . "--it would have stopped a lot of heated claims here and elsewhere that Downs was arrested for what was on his t-shirt.
The omission was inflammatory.
If this is a self-respect/self-expression thing, then there are probably hundreds of places on nearby public property where they could have done this.