The Reverend Al Sharpton led thousands of chanting but peaceful activists in a march across Staten Island on Saturday to protest the death of Eric Garner, who died after New York City police put him in a banned chokehold last month. Protesters traveled by bus and ferry to join the rally over Garner, a 43-year-old black father of six, whose killing has become part of a larger national debate about how U.S. police use force, particularly on people who are not white. Sharpton was joined by former New York Governor David Patterson, other civil rights leaders and Garner's widow, Esaw. Sharpton said The demonstration was also in response to the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old African American who was shot dead by a white police officer this month in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking more than a week of violent confrontations. http://yhoo.it/1q8kpk0 http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
Thousands March In New York City To Protest Police Chokehold Death
The Reverend Al Sharpton led thousands of chanting but peaceful activists in a march across Staten Island on Saturday to protest the death of Eric Garner, who died after New York City police put him in a banned chokehold last month. Protesters traveled by bus and ferry to join the rally over Garner, a 43-year-old black father of six, whose killing has become part of a larger national debate about how U.S. police use force, particularly on people who are not white. Sharpton was joined by former New York Governor David Patterson, other civil rights leaders and Garner's widow, Esaw. Sharpton said The demonstration was also in response to the death of Michael Brown, an unarmed 18-year-old African American who was shot dead by a white police officer this month in Ferguson, Missouri, sparking more than a week of violent confrontations. http://yhoo.it/1q8kpk0 http://bit.ly/1fJ5yqZ
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