This was America's response to the Eric Garner chokehold decision

A high-profile police brutality case in New York ignited protests across the U.S. on Wednesday after a grand jury decided not to indict an NYPD officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Garner, a 43-year-old black man, died after Officer Daniel Pantaleo placed him in a chokehold and other officers pinned him to the ground in Staten Island. Garner lost consciousness and later died. The medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.

See also: Ferguson library offers hope in community rattled by violence

The Staten Island grand jury's decision ignited a string of protests across New York City, which quickly spread to other cities in the U.S Read more...

More about Protest, Nypd, Us World, Us, and Eric Garner