{"id":56128,"date":"2014-12-05T09:55:34","date_gmt":"2014-12-05T07:55:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/?p=56128"},"modified":"2014-12-05T09:55:34","modified_gmt":"2014-12-05T07:55:34","slug":"protests-resume-in-nyc-as-judge-releases-garner-grand-jury-details-56128","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nationalturk.com\/en\/protests-resume-in-nyc-as-judge-releases-garner-grand-jury-details-56128\/","title":{"rendered":"Protests resume in NYC as judge releases Garner grand jury details"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Crowds of protesters marched through New York City streets Thursday night to register anger over a grand jury\u2019s decision not to charge a white police officer in the death of an unarmed black man.<\/h1>\n

Groups of protesters converged on many of the city\u2019s storied locations, blocking traffic, staged die-ins, carried mock coffins, and chanted \u201cI can\u2019t breathe,\u201d the last words of 43-year-old Eric Garner who was killed July 17 in the New York borough of Staten Island.<\/p>\n

Largely peaceful protests in Times Square on Thursday afternoon evolved into a tense standoff with police at night, as dozens of protesters were arrested around 11 p.m.<\/p>\n

Another wave of 300 demonstrators marched from the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn, lying in the street outside the Barclays Center and blocking traffic for at least 15 minutes.<\/p>\n

Multiple arrests were reported in Herald Square, where several hundred demonstrators staged a lengthy sit-down in a silent protest.<\/p>\n

Protesters also attempted to block the Holland and Lincoln tunnels connecting Manhattan to New Jersey.<\/p>\n

The evening rush-hour traffic was brought to a standstill after approximately 800 protesters managed to briefly block the entrance to the Holland Tunnel.<\/p>\n

It was the second night of unrest in the city after a New York grand jury declining to indict white police officer Daniel Pantaleo for using a banned police department chokehold while attempting to arrest Garner for allegedly selling illegal cigarettes outside of a Staten Island store.<\/p>\n

The decision came a week after a Missouri grand jury decided not to prosecute another white officer in the fatal shooting in August of an unarmed black teen in the city of Ferguson.<\/p>\n

Demonstrations also erupted Thursday in other U.S. cities including Washington, Boston, Los Angeles and Chicago.<\/p>\n

Hundreds marched throughout the nation’s capital Thursday afternoon and into the late evening, shutting down major intersections and entering a local Walmart store before converging on the central Chinatown neighborhood.<\/p>\n

Protesters were briefly locked in the Walmart as store security attempted to keep additional demonstrators out.<\/p>\n

Pierre, a leader of the group in his mid 20\u2019s, said that he has quit school and his job until Pantaleo is arrested.<\/p>\n

Before disbanding, protesters vowed to gather again Friday.<\/p>\n

Garner’s death, ruled a homicide by New York\u2019s medical examiner, was caused by “the compression of his chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police,” according to the official autopsy.<\/p>\n

Along with the Aug. 9 shooting of 18-year-old unarmed black teen Michael Brown by white police officer Darren Wilson, Garner’s death ignited a debate about race relations and police brutality across the United States.<\/p>\nError, group does not exist! Check your syntax! (ID: 10)<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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