The protest took place at Thriftway Supermarket at Bridge and Pratt in the Frankford section of the city.
The protestors are upset about a fence in front of the store. The supermarket erected the fence about 15 years ago to prevent customers from walking off with shopping carts. It has openings large enough for most customers to walk through.
While wheelchairs don't fit through it, the fence has a locked gate that is opened by a guard when someone shows up in a wheelchair.
The protesters want it open all the time.
"Wheelchair users have to stand in the rain, the snow, in order to get through here," said Hope Blake of Frankford. "We're here to let him know we're not leaving until [the owner] gives us a guarantee in writing that he's going to keep the gate unlocked."
On Tuesday, however, no one got through. Police called in a wheelchair-accessible sheriff's van as store owner Harry Gilbert tried to talk it over with the protesters, but it turned into a shouting match.
Gilbert says the gate stays because it is ADA compliant.
The protesters admit they did not file a complaint with the government before trying to shut down the supermarket.
"We tried to accommodate everybody, but you've got a couple of people that don't care about anybody but themselves," said Gilbert.
Gilbert says he doesn't want to see any of these people locked up, so, he declined to file a police complaint.
