Eric Garner death

Students at a number of top U.S. law schools have asked that winter-term deadlines be extended because they are upset over the recent grand jury decisions in the Eric Garner and Michael Brown cases.

Protesters conducted a “die-in” in the hallway of City Hall on Monday, following weeks of protests over white police officers killing black unarmed men.

The Staten Island Grand Jury’s decision to not indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Wednesday, December 3 set off a wave of protests across New York City and in other major US cities.

A group of some 50 protesters gathered in Leimert Park, Los Angeles on Wednesday to show their solidarity with protesters in New York. “I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe, I can’t breathe,” they chanted in unison with a megaphone as they circled the intersection of Crenshaw Boulevard and Martin Luther King Boulevard.

After four months of examining evidence and hearing testimony from witnesses, the Staten Island grand jury in Eric Garner’s case decided not to indict the police officer responsible for Garner’s death.

After the Grand Jury decision to not indict Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner, protests sprang up all over the great New York City area. Several dozen people gathered at the site where Eric Garner lost his life, but the larger protest have taken place at more iconic places in NYC. Grand Central Station, Union Square, and Rockeller Center are seeing larger number of protesters chanting “Shut It Down” and “Hands Up Don’t Shoot”.

Shortly after news of the Grand Jury’s decision to not indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner, protesters gathered in various areas around the greater New York City area. Statements have been released by several officials and even the now exonerated Officer Pantaleo, and Eric Garner’s family. President Obama also added his thoughts on the justice system, and how Americans should react. They are all calling for peace and asking that cooler heads prevail.

Shortly after 2 p.m. on Wednesday, December 3, it was learned that Daniel Pantaleo (pahn-tuh-LAY'-oh) would not be indicted for the chokehold death of Eric Garner who was stopped on suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. The chokehold is a tactic banned by NYPD, the medical examiner of Eric Garner found that the chokehold contributed to the death.

The New York City police department failed to enforce its own ban on the use of the chokehold when subduing suspects, according to a recent report compiled by the Civilian Complaint Review Board (CCRB), the city agency responsible for investigating the public’s complaints of police misconduct.

NEW YORK—An independent agency charged with vetting complaints from the public about police misconduct held its first public board meeting at nighttime in over 10 years Wednesday evening.