indict daniel pont lantaleo, wh eric garner in a chokehold which led to his death brought thousands to the streets. what was different was even as they demonstrated, politicians from across the political spectrum came together to condemn the new york decision. what do we want? justice. when do we want it? now. mr. garner s death is one of several recent incidents across our great country that have tested the sense of trust that must exist between law enforcement and the communities they are charged to serve and to protect. i asked them, what do you want? what is the point? they said they want accountability from the nypd, from the prosecutor over in staten island. and they said that they are going to be out here every night marching until they get an indictment in the death of eric garner. he got a camera.
i believe is live right now heading east on 14th street in downtown new york city. anne thanks for being with us. what s going on where you are? rachel, i am walking east on 14th street with a couple of hundred protesters. i have to tell you that tonight the crowds are more organized, but they re lacking the people who just felt that punch in the gut yesterday when the grand jury did not return in an indictment in the death of eric garner. these protesters are far more organized. they re a smaller group. we walked from soho to union station with a group of anti-racist a coalition of anti-racist groups. i asked them, i said what do you want? what is the point of this? they said they want accountability from the nypd, from the prosecutor over in staten island. and they said they re going to be out here every night marching until they get an indictment in the death of eric garner.
joining us now is nbc news correspondent anne thompson, who i believe is live right now heading east on 14th street in downtown new york city. anne thanks for being with us. what s going on where you are? reporter: rachel, i am walking east on 14th street with a couple of hundred protesters. i have to tell you that tonight the crowds are more organized, but they re lacking the people who just felt that punch in the gut yesterday when the grand jury did not return in an indictment in the death of eric garner. these protesters are far more organized. they re a smaller group. we walked from soho to union station with a gruch anti-racist a coalition of anti-racist groups. i asked them, i said what do you want? what is the point of this? they said they want accountability from the nypd, from the prosecutor over in staten island. and they said they re going to be out here every night marching
heading east on 14th street in downtown new york city. anne thanks for being with us. what s going on where you are? reporter: rachel, i am walking east on 14th street with a couple of hundred protesters. i have to tell you that tonight the crowds are more organized, but they re lacking the people who just felt that punch in the gut yesterday when the grand jury did not return in an indictment in the death of eric garner. these protesters are far more organized. they re a smaller group. we walked from soho to union station with a group of anti-racist a coalition of anti-racist groups. i asked them, i said what do you want? what is the point of this? they said they want accountability from the nypd, from the prosecutor over in staten island. and they said they re going to be out here every night marching until they get an indictment in the death of eric garner. there is just as much anger out here tonight, just as much passion, but it s not that sort of wide variety of people that