For the second time in nearly two weeks, thousands of protesters across the country are out on the streets.<br/> <br />They're demanding justice for Eric Garner, an African American who died after being placed in a chokehold by a New York police officer.<br/> <br />A grand jury decided Wednesday not to charge the officer.<br/> <br />Like the situation in Ferguson, Missouri, the NYPD officer was white and Garner was black and unarmed.<br/> <br />On Staten Island, protesters gathered at the spot where officer Daniel Pantaleo had put Garner in the chokehold - a practice banned by the NYPD.<br/> <br />Garner was accused of illegally selling cigarettes. Police say he was resisting arrest.<br/> <br />Garner later died.<br/> <br />The city's medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, saying the police officers killed Garner by compressing his neck and chest .<br/> <br />Garner's last words, "I can't breathe," have become a slogan for protesters, angry at his death, the grand jury decision, and the use of force by police.
