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Pittsburgh, Boston, Chicago, Washington, D.C. and New York
A jury opted not to indict a N.Y. police officer who had put Eric Garner in a chokehold

(CNN) -- Protesters are flooding the streets of New York and elsewhere -- chanting, blocking traffic and demanding change after the decision not to indict in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Demonstrators staged a "die-in" in Brooklyn, New York, late Thursday. They lay in the middle of Atlantic Avenue. An eerie silence descended as the protesters, who had cardboard coffins, stopped chanting.

The march was being led by three mothers, all of whom had lost a son to police. Protesters stopped other marchers from getting ahead of the women. They wanted them to walk in front.

"I'm so happy that people of all cultures, all ethnicities, came out to show their love and support, and basically we have to make a change because they're killing us off," a protester told CNN.
Garner video: What the grand jury saw

A part of the Brooklyn Bridge was closed. Protesters marched up Broadway, and police used pepper spray on the West Side Highway near Houston Street. The vast majority of the demonstrations were peaceful.

"What do we want? Justice! When do we want it? Now!" protesters shouted in New York's Foley Square.

They chanted Garner's final words: "I can't breathe!"

Garner, a black man, died in July after a white officer put him in a chokehold on Staten Island.

The case cracked open a wider discussion around policing practices in communities of color.

"I'm out here because the system has failed us too many times," Courtney Wicker, a protester, told CNN affiliate NY1. "It makes me feel like there's no justice."

[yun555]

早说过 民主只有在素质高的国家或地方才能实现 老美以前不错现在给奥巴马这烂好人搞砸了

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中新网12月5日电 综合报道，美国大陪审团裁定不予起诉扼死黑人小贩的白人警察后，抗议活动进入第二夜。当地时间4日夜间，又有数百人涌上纽约街头呐喊示威，美国警方派出直升机“监视”抗议者。

　　据外媒报道，500余名美国民众聚集在纽约警察署总部前，举着牌子，上面写着“珍惜黑人生命”“杀死种族主义”“弗格森无处不在”等标语。

　　美国警方派出直升机在纽约城市上空徘徊，以“监视”越来越庞大的抗议人群。抗议者高喊“没有公正，就没有和平”。

　　一周前，美国密苏里州大陪审团做出裁决，不起诉枪杀黑人青年布朗的白人警察威尔逊。随后，弗格森镇爆发持续骚乱，抢劫、纵火时有发生，抗议活动蔓延至全美。

　　不过，相较弗格森骚乱的混乱场景，纽约的示威人群显得较为平和。纽约市长白思豪在大陪审团做出裁决后就曾呼吁和平示威，并称“以非暴力抗议表达意见是纽约强有力且令人骄傲的传统”。

　　在纽约等地的示威蔓延同时，美国总检察长埃里克·霍尔德(Eric Holder)宣布，司法部将对该案启动联邦民事调查。霍尔德称加纳的死是一个悲剧，并承诺将进行“独立、彻底、公平和迅速有效的调查”。

　　美国总统奥巴马也表示，该案反映出长期以来对少数族群无法得到公正司法的担忧。他表示已与霍尔德通过电话，白宫承诺将采取具体措施对警察进行培训，司法部 也将义不容辞地调查民众关心其公平和责任的案件。“我承诺我们将生活在这样一个国度：所有人都坚信一个核心原则——法律面前人人平等。”

　　今年7月17日，纽约警察在史丹顿岛抓捕非法售烟的43岁非裔小贩埃里克·加纳(Eric Garner)时，白人警察丹尼尔·潘塔莱奥(Daniel Pantaleo)用胳膊紧勒加纳颈部，并和其他警察一起将其压在人行道上，加纳身体肥胖并患有糖尿病和严重哮喘等，不断说“我无法呼吸”，后来失去知觉被送医院死亡。

　　法医鉴定加纳死于颈部受压引起的心脏病发作以及一系列并发症。

　　埃里克·加纳身高1.9米，重350磅，是6个孩子的父亲，此前曾因持有毒品、出售未付税香烟、无照驾驶和人身伤害等被警方逮捕超过30次。

[本那比经略]

抗议是公民的民主权利。。。

[被禁止的用户]

本那比经略 写道:

抗议是公民的民主权利。。。

这话没错，但是抗议是发生了让广大民众不满的事情，说明有些问题。

[fangpao]

缺了城管还真活不下去了。