Summing it all up in one photo...
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It would appear NYPD has blacked out all webcams on the Westside Highway...
Literally nothing to see right now on the West Side Highway, please move on. pic.twitter.com/luIaidrWpS [5]
— Barbarian Capital (@BarbarianCap) December 4, 2014 [6]
Live NY1 Coverage:
The politicians and 'leaders' have weighed in .@cbrangel [7] on Garner decision: "This not a black problem. This is a problem we have in our great country." pic.twitter.com/d8go1o6cWA [8] — CBSN (@CBSNLive) December 3, 2014 [9] oh boy RT @JimDalrympleII [10]: Sharpton is announcing a national march in Washington DC on Dec. 13. #EricGarner [11] pic.twitter.com/oQDVubbMnx [12] — Robert Caruso (@robertcaruso) December 4, 2014 [13] * * * And so has Eric Garner's widow... Eric Garner's widow on accepting condolences of NYPD officer: "Hell no" http://t.co/kxsACRy9Ys [14] pic.twitter.com/7VyutEjdjz [15] — CBS News (@CBSNews) December 4, 2014 [16] * * * Poilice are preparing at Grand Central (430pm protest planned) Cops gearing up for potential #ericgarner [17] protest at Grand Central. pic.twitter.com/97viu0BKZr [18] — Ivan Pereira (@IvanPer4) December 3, 2014 [19] 4:30 protest at Grand Central 5:00 Garner family int Times Sq. 7:00 Rockfeller Christmas tree 7:30 Garners & Sharpon in Harlem #EricGarner [11] — Justin Miller (@justinjm1) December 3, 2014 [20] Die in at Grand Central Station happening right now. #EricGarner [11] pic.twitter.com/fV9NmJeNAY [21] — ANIMALNewYork (@ANIMALNewYork) December 3, 2014 [22] And protests are growing more active Demonstrators gather in Times Sq to protest Grand Jury decision not to indict cop over death of Eric Garner #NewYork [23] pic.twitter.com/vwBVVoeEpX [24] — Jon Williams (@WilliamsJon) December 3, 2014 [25]
First wave of protesters have arrived at Rockefeller Center #EricGarner [11] pic.twitter.com/cFGsbJOQO5 [26]
— Dan Linden (@DanLinden) December 3, 2014 [27]
BREAKING - WEST SIDE HIGHWAY JUST FORCED CLOSED BY 1000 PROTESTERS AT 51 ST. http://t.co/xUsa7dnw8U [28] #EricGarner [11] #MikeBrown [29] #Ferguson [30]
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 4, 2014 [31]
West Side highway right now. Via @DanLinden [32] pic.twitter.com/zgi95ZPCzn [33] WATCH LIVE - http://t.co/34Kxumqv3R [34]
— PzFeed Top News (@PzFeed) December 4, 2014 [35]
NYPD making Brutal Arrests At 47th and 6th Ave. #EricGarner [11] pic.twitter.com/qqNrjfQQnL [36]
— Lnonblonde (@Lnonblonde) December 4, 2014 [37]
Protesters shut down West Side Highway at 49th. @ABC7NY [38] #EricGarner [11] pic.twitter.com/w8aeAD3y8i [39]
— EverythingNYC (@EverythingNYC) December 4, 2014 [40]
Protestors on move, "shutem down, Christmas tree" #EricGarner [11] heading for Rockefeller Center? pic.twitter.com/AlXtquDmGo [41]
— Stephen Nessen (@s_nessen) December 3, 2014 [42]
The NYPD is cutting off train entrances, apparently in an attempt to prevent organized protests. #EricGarner [11] pic.twitter.com/8TvYEFE6vx [43]
— Terrell J. Starr (@Russian_Starr) December 3, 2014 [44]
Protests continue on the streets of New York City over the NYPD chokehold death of Eric Garner http://t.co/F3b7ZhMAXs [45] pic.twitter.com/5uX8gOg4sm [46]
— CBS News (@CBSNews) December 4, 2014 [47]
Loving my City @JohnGGalt [48]: BREAKING PHOTO: Lincoln Tunnel shut down #EricGarner [11] pic.twitter.com/MXwB9oSC6n [49]”
— BEYNCEcallmeDVA (@BEYNCEcallmeDVA) December 4, 2014 [50]
And arrests made in St.Louis after courthouse barricades torn down...
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Cuomo Statement
JUST IN: Andrew Cuomo statement on #EricGarner [11] pic.twitter.com/8CskjcNncY [52]
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 3, 2014 [53]
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A Staten Island grand jury has decided not to indict white NYPD officer Daniel Panateleo, according to NY1, who allegedly used a banned chokehold and killed Eric Garner, a 400lb black man, who was stopped on suspicion of selling loose cigarettes. Eric Garner's son has called for peace and hopes there is no Ferguson-like response...
This is the racial makeup of the #grandjury [54] that declined to indict in the #EricGarner [11] case pic.twitter.com/CAzTWAgoSG [55]
— Anderson Cooper 360° (@AC360) December 4, 2014 [56]
Eric Garner:
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Daniel Panteleo:
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The scene...
The decision...
JUST IN: Cop cleared in Eric Garner chokehold death http://t.co/NJEQ568CEX [59] pic.twitter.com/hoIjgQm49o [60]
— New York Post Metro (@nypmetro) December 3, 2014 [61]
As RT reports [62],
A New York City grand jury has decided not to indict the New York Police Department officer accused of killing a Staten Island man by putting him in an illegal chokehold. The NYPD is now preparing for more protests stemming from the decision.
Early Wednesday afternoon, CNN, the Wall Street Journal and the New York Post all reported that a grand jury declined to indict the officer.
Although the special grand jury declined to indict Daniel Pantaleo, the white officer accused of strangling Garner, who was black, the police department can still reprimand Pantaleo under a basic rule that loosely states if an officer does anything to embarrass the department, then they can be disciplined.
"It's sad if they take that position," Ed Mullins, president of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, told Staten Island Live. "I'd be surprised and a bit disappointed if he was used as a political pawn to appease the community."
The incident occurred on July 17, when at least five New York Police Department officers took 43-year-old Eric Garner, a Staten Island father of six, to the ground in an attempted arrest on Staten Island. One put Garner in a chokehold that caused Garner – who suffered from asthma – to lose consciousness and reportedly go into cardiac arrest. He was declared dead at a nearby hospital.
The Staten Island District Attorney’s Office convened the grand jury in September, but did not announced the list of potential charges against Pantaleo. But prosecutors outside the district told ABC News that the range could have included second-degree manslaughter, criminally negligent homicide, felony assault or reckless endangerment. Legal experts and former prosecutors had said that, despite the medical examiner’s ruling the death a homicide, murder charges were unlikely, the New York Times reported.
Garner's son...
“It’s not going to be a Ferguson-like protest because I think everybody knows my father wasn’t a violent man and they’re going to respect his memory by remaining peaceful,” Snipes said. “It’s not going to be like it was there.”
Let's hope so...
Police in New York City began preparing for potential protests before the grand jury decision was announced.
"We, as you might expect, are planning accordingly," New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said at a news conference on Tuesday.
Bratton did not reveal how many officers were placed out on the streets ahead of the announcement, but he said that officers have been told to walk a fine line between allowing the protesters to express their anger while keeping public order.
If they engage in criminal activity, such as vandalism ? actual crime ? they will be arrested, quite simply," he said. "But we have the ability to have a level of tolerance ? breathing room, if you will."
There are at least two different demonstrations planned in lower Manhattan Wednesday, including appearances of Parents Against Police Brutality and protesters who say they are taking a stand against "the criminalization of our communities and militarization of the local enforcement agencies," ABC News reported.
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