Protests erupt nationwide after grand jury decides not to indict NYPD Officer

LIndsey Ellefson, 22, lies down during a protest in Grand Central Terminal December 3, 2014 in New York. Protests began after a Grand Jury decided to not indict officer Daniel Pantaleo. Eric Garner died after being put in a chokehold by Pantaleo on July 17, 2014. Pantaleo had suspected Garner of selling untaxed cigarettes. (Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

Demonstrator Katie Guarnaccia of Brighton Heights lies in the street as protesters rally against police brutality and racism by marching and laying down in the streets on Dec. 4, 2014 in downtown Pittsburgh. (Michael Henninger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Protesters raise their hands to police on the West Side Highway December 3, 2014 in New York. Protests began after a Grand Jury decided to not indict officer Daniel Pantaleo. Eric Garner died after being put in a chokehold by Pantaleo on July 17, 2014. Pantaleo had suspected Garner of selling untaxed cigarettes. (Yana Paskova/Getty Images)

Demonstrators block an intersection in the Adams Morgan neighborhood during a protest against a New York grand jury decision December 3, 2014 in Washington, DC. The grand jury decided not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner, after putting him in a chokehold. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

Essence Coggins, of Oxon Hill, Maryland, speaks as demonstrators block an intersection in the Adams Morgan neighborhood during a protest against a New York grand jury decision December 3, 2014 in Washington, DC. The grand jury decided not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of an unarmed black man, Eric Garner, after putting him in a chokehold. (T.J. Kirkpatrick/Getty Images)

A man takes part during a protest in support of Eric Garner at the 6th Avenue on December 3, 2014 in New York City. Garner died after being put in a chokehold during an alteration with NYPD officers in the Staten Island borough of New York City. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks next to Marc Haydel Morial, President & CEO of the National Urban League, during a press conference next to Civil Rights Leaders at National Action Network in Harlem on December 4, 2014 in New York City. Al Sharpton is planning a national march to Washington next December 13 following a grand jury decision not to indict a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Rev. Al Sharpton speaks during a press conference next to Civil Rights Leaders at National Action Network in Harlem on December 4, 2014 in New York City. Al Sharpton is planning a national march to Washington next December 13 following a grand jury decision not to indict a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner. (Kena Betancur/Getty Images)

Demonstrators march in protest on the streets of St. Louis, Missouri on December 3, 2014. Nationwide outrage and protests have erupted since a New York City grand jury also decided not to indict a white police officer in the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island, New York on July 17, 2014 . (Michael B. Thomas/Getty Images)

Protestors lay down in Grand Central Station during a protest on December 3, 2014 after a grand jury decided not to charge a white police officer in the choking death of Eric Garner, a black man, days after a similar decision sparked renewed unrest in Missouri. Eric Garner died after being placed in a chokehold by New York police Officer Daniel Pantaleo while being arrested on suspicion of selling untaxed cigarettes in Staten Island. (Timothy A Clary/Getty Images)

Students from the Morgan Action Committee hold a silent protest at Morgan State University. A group of them marched from the student union to the administration building, where they dropped off messages at the university president’s office. Afterward, their leader, Chinedu Nwokeafor, a junior, gave a speech outside. Mr. Nwokeafor said he is chief of the Morgan Action Committee. He is on the far right of the photo. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Students from the Morgan Action Committee hold a silent protest at Morgan State University. A group of them marched from the student union to the administration building, where they dropped off messages at the university president’s office. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Students from the Morgan Action Committee hold a silent protest at Morgan State University. A group of them marched from the student union to the administration building, where they dropped off messages at the university president’s office. Afterward, their leader, Chinedu Nwokeafor, on right, a junior, gave a speech outside. Mr. Nwokeafor said he is chief of the Morgan Action Committee. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

This is a detail of students’ hands from the Morgan Action Committee’s silent protest at Morgan State University. A group of students marched from the student union to the administration building, where they dropped off messages at the university president’s office. (Barbara Haddock Taylor/Baltimore Sun)

Protesters in Minneapolis shut down the Northbound lanes of I-35W Dec. 4th, 2014, a day after the Grand Jury declined to Indict NYPD Officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Protesters cover one another with flower pedals while laying down in front of the City County Building on Dec. 4, 2014 in downtown Pittsburgh. (Michael Henninger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Protesters rally against police brutality and racism by marching with their hands up along Liberty Avenue on Dec. 4, 2014 in downtown Pittsburgh. (Michael Henninger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Protesters rally against police brutality and racism by marching and laying down in the streets on Dec. 4, 2014 in downtown Pittsburgh. (Michael Henninger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Organizer Julia Johnson of the South Side screams as protesters rally against police brutality and racism by marching and laying down in the streets on Dec. 4, 2014 in downtown Pittsburgh. (Michael Henninger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Protester Sevin Hunnid screams as protesters rally against police brutality and racism by marching and laying down in the streets on Dec. 4, 2014 in downtown Pittsburgh. (Michael Henninger/Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)

Protesters in Minneapolis shut down the Northbound lanes of I-35W Dec. 4th, 2014, a day after the Grand Jury declined to Indict NYPD Officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner. (Richard Tsong-Taatarii/Minneapolis Star Tribune)

Protesters, demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner, disrupt traffic while raising their hands during a “sit-in” at an intersection in Times Square, Manhattan, New York December 3, 2014. A police union official on Thursday defended a white officer’s role in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York even as protesters planned a new round of demonstrations a day after a grand jury voted not to bring charges. New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch told reporters on Thursday that Officer Daniel Pantaleo had acted properly in restraining Eric Garner during an arrest attempt in the borough of Staten Island in July.(Elizabeth Shafiroff/Reuters)

A woman, demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner, holds a sign while shouting slogans from behind police barricades separating protesters from the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York December 3, 2014. A police union official on Thursday defended a white officer’s role in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York even as protesters planned a new round of demonstrations a day after a grand jury voted not to bring charges. New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch told reporters on Thursday that Officer Daniel Pantaleo had acted properly in restraining Eric Garner during an arrest attempt in the borough of Staten Island in July. (Elizabeth Shafiroff/Reuters)

A man, demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner, is detained during a protest in Times Square, Manhattan, New York December 3, 2014. A police union official on Thursday defended a white officer’s role in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York even as protesters planned a new round of demonstrations a day after a grand jury voted not to bring charges. New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch told reporters on Thursday that Officer Daniel Pantaleo had acted properly in restraining Eric Garner during an arrest attempt in the borough of Staten Island in July. (Daniel Bases/Reuters)

Protesters, demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner, disrupt traffic while raising their hands during a “sit-in” at an intersection in Times Square, Manhattan, New York December 3, 2014. A police union official on Thursday defended a white officer’s role in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York even as protesters planned a new round of demonstrations a day after a grand jury voted not to bring charges. New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch told reporters on Thursday that Officer Daniel Pantaleo had acted properly in restraining Eric Garner during an arrest attempt in the borough of Staten Island in July.(Elizabeth Shafiroff/Reuters)

A woman, demanding justice for the death of Eric Garner, shouts at police officers from behind a barricade separating protesters from the Annual Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York December 3, 2014. A police union official on Thursday defended a white officer’s role in the chokehold death of an unarmed black man in New York even as protesters planned a new round of demonstrations a day after a grand jury voted not to bring charges. New York City Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Patrick Lynch told reporters on Thursday that Officer Daniel Pantaleo had acted properly in restraining Eric Garner during an arrest attempt in the borough of Staten Island in July. (Elizabeth Shafiroff/Reuters)

A NYPD policeman (R) reacts next to people protesting against the Staten Island death of Eric Garner during an arrest in July, at midtown Manhattan in New York December 3, 2014. A New York City grand jury decision not to charge white police officer Daniel Pantaleo who killed unarmed black man Garner with a chokehold sparked outrage and protests on Wednesday, and the U.S. Justice Department said it would investigate the incident. (Eric Thayer/Reuters)

Protests erupt nationwide after grand jury decides not to indict NYPD Officer

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