Protesters gathered across New York City Wednesday evening after a grand jury in Staten Island declined to indict a white police officer, Daniel Pantaleo, on criminal charges in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in July. The decision not to indict Pantaleo in the July 17 death of Eric Garner has sparked outrage and drawn comparisons to the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri -- and comes just nine days after a St. Louis grand jury voted not to indict Darren Wilson, the police officer who shot Brown.
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Donysha Smith says she was moved to be on street to "face the police" bc "too many black people have been killed." pic.twitter.com/jkqxNRhRfM
— Stephen Nessen (@s_nessen) December 4, 2014Elise Gettys & kids came from the Bronx to see the tree. "I would have stayed home to watch it on TV!" #EricGarnerpic.twitter.com/u47CSS8AZo
— Jennifer Hsu (@jennhsu) December 3, 2014A second wave of protesters leaves from Union Square, briefly shutting down Broadway. The chant: I can't breathe. pic.twitter.com/gG8Y3L5zSm
— sugarpond (@sugarpond) December 3, 2014Protestors heading east on 53rd street block traffic #EricGarner cabbie gives high fives. pic.twitter.com/rFy5f3Iu6S
— Stephen Nessen (@s_nessen) December 3, 2014George Cook came out to "protest the non-indictment of that officer who choked Eric Garner. I'm tired of it!" pic.twitter.com/EZG3Uj1kfh
— sugarpond (@sugarpond) December 3, 2014Protestors begin to gather at Rockefeller Center #EricGarnerpic.twitter.com/dc1Y1ZYhLU
— Jennifer Hsu (@jennhsu) December 3, 2014Protestors on move, "shutem down, Christmas tree" #EricGarner heading for Rockefeller Center? pic.twitter.com/AlXtquDmGo
— Stephen Nessen (@s_nessen) December 3, 2014NYPD preparing for protests near the holiday market at Union Square. pic.twitter.com/gK5IgmZV4S
— sugarpond (@sugarpond) December 3, 201445 year old nurse at GCT lie in, says she's here for Garner, Ferguson, all Injustices, so many people killed. pic.twitter.com/Qm749ixXjx
— Stephen Nessen (@s_nessen) December 3, 2014Dozens lie-in at GCT. All peaceful. Curios commuters look on. Some supportive, others are rolling their eyes. pic.twitter.com/jJs1eO7zvD
— Stephen Nessen (@s_nessen) December 3, 2014Police barricade lined up in an empty Foley Square at 4:45pm pic.twitter.com/ozLjh4syxH
— sugarpond (@sugarpond) December 3, 2014