For the second time in as many weeks a grand jury has found the evidence is just not there to charge a white Police Officer in connection with the death of a black civilian. This time its in the biggest city in the nation packed with tourists for the Holiday Season. These cases are wildly different and half a nation apart. This one involves the video seen around the world by now showing a man named eric garner being taken down by mostly plain clothed Police Officers while being placed under arrest. One of the officers employed a chokehold. Moments later while on the ground after complaining he couldnt breathe he was dead. While tonight while so far peaceful there are protesters in the streets of new york city. Some of them you see within about a block of Rockefeller Christmas tree which gets lit up a short time from now. Again, the streets already packed with visitors. Our coverage begins where this story started, nbcs Stephanie Gosk in new yorks Staten Island. Reporter good evening, b
For the second time in as many weeks a grand jury has found the evidence is just not there to charge a white Police Officer in connection with the death of a black civilian. This time its in the biggest city in the nation packed with tourists for the Holiday Season. These cases are wildly different and half a nation apart. This one involves the video seen around the world by now showing a man named eric garner being taken down by mostly plain clothed Police Officers while being placed under arrest. One of the officers employed a chokehold. Moments later while on the ground after complaining he couldnt breathe, he was dead. While tonight while so far peaceful there are protesters in the streets of new york city. Some of them you see within about a block of Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree which gets lit up a short time from now. Again, the streets already packed with visitors. Our coverage begins where this story started, nbcs Stephanie Gosk in new yorks Staten Island. Reporter good ev
Streets of new york last night, after a grand jury did not indict new York City Police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of 43yearold eric garner. Its a very painful day for so many new yorkers. Arrests made throughout the night as outrage pulsed throughout the city streets for more than nine hours. Black lives matter. Most chanting garners last words before dying on this Staten Island street. I cant breathe. I cant breathe. Police, somehow in riot gear blocking intersections as protesters began shutting down some of the citys most iconic landmarks. Stopping the flow of traffic into and out of the island of manhattan for hours. Some lying down right in the middle of the road. The same inside Grand Central station. I cant breathe, i cant breathe. Where other protesters staged a massive diein as evening rush hour hit its peak. Police heavily guarding the rockefeller treelighting ceremony. As protesters tried to disrupt the show. The citys public outcry reaching a fever pitch
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