Good morning on this cool and cloudy Friday.
The grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner this week was quickly followed by protests.
For two days now, the demonstrators have held signs.
They have stopped traffic.
And, as captured in an exemplary image from Wednesday’s protests, they lie on the ground at Grand Central Terminal.
The photograph was on the front page of The Times, and within a day, it was shared thousands of times online.
We asked The Times photographer Todd Heisler about that moment.
The protest took place at around 4:45.
“All of the sudden, people just dropped,” he said. “They didn’t say a word — it just happened.”
Mr. Heisler continued: “At first it was maybe 20-some people. It was off the center of the floor, 50 feet from the clock in the middle.”
The silent protest — which suggested the image of Mr. Garner’s slain body — grew to include dozens of people and lasted an hour.
Mr. Heisler said as commuters passed, they stopped and took in the protest, but he did not know the emotion would resonate beyond the terminal.
So, why did he think it stood out?
“I don’t want to inject anything into it,” he said, “but I think people felt disappointment.”
“People were let down. That was the mood at that moment.”
There is a slide show of the Week in Pictures.
And here’s what else you need to know.
WEATHER
A cloud sandwich is served: four days of grim weather — today, Saturday, Monday, Tuesday — surrounding one lovely day on Sunday.
Maybe that’s a sun sandwich.
In any case, a high of 45 degrees today, rain starting tonight, and much rain on Saturday.
COMING UP TODAY
• Mayor de Blasio speaks at a national gathering of progressive officials, the Local Progress National Convening, at City Hall. 9 a.m.
• A “die-in” protest at the fountain in downtown White Plains at noon.
• A public funeral for Akai Gurley, the Brooklyn man mistakenly killed by an officer last month, at Brown Memorial Baptist Church in Clinton Hill. 5 p.m. viewing, 7 p.m. eulogy by the Rev. Al Sharpton.
• A holiday party at the Asia Society features a sushi bar and tours of a show about the video-art pioneer Nam June Paik. 6 p.m. [Free]
• Mono No Aware two days of experimental film, installation and performance, opens at Lightspace studios in Bushwick. 8 p.m. [Free]
• The Grinch torments the Whos once more at Madison Square Garden. 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. [$40 and up]
• A burlesque take on “A Christmas Carol” at Le Poisson Rouge in NoHo. 8 p.m. [$20]
• Nets host Hawks, 7:30 p.m. (YES). Knicks at Charlotte, 7 p.m. (MSG).
COMMUTE
• L.I.R.R., Metro-North, N.J. Transit, Amtrak.
• Roads: Check traffic map or radio report on the 1s or the 8s.
• Alternate-side parking: in effect today but suspended Monday for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception.
• Air travel: La Guardia, J.F.K., Newark.
• Weekend travel hassles: Check subway disruptions or list of street closings.
IN THE NEWS
• Marchers shut down bridges at a second night of Eric Garner protests that spread across the country. More than 200 people were arrested in the city. [New York Times]
• The man who filmed Mr. Garner’s fatal encounter with the police says the grand jury seemed uninterested in his testimony: “People were on their phones, people were talking.” [Daily News]
• Twitter users are sharing stories of being gently treated by the police when they were caught #crimingwhilewhite. [New York Times]
• Police officers will be retrained in “de-escalation” techniques in a program that begins this month. [New York Times]
• Mayor de Blasio is struggling to balance sympathy for protesters with support for the officers in charge of keeping the city safe. [New York Times]
• The officer who fatally shot Akai Gurley spent minutes texting with his union representative before calling for help for the victim. [Daily News]
• Tolls on bridges and tunnels operated by the Port Authority go up on Sunday. [Times Herald-Record]
• Scoreboard: Hapless Knicks fall to Cavs, 90-87, for sixth straight loss.
• For a global look at what’s happening, see Your Friday Briefing.
THE WEEKEND
Saturday
• Suggested dress for a Funeral for Williamsburg dance party at soon-to-be-shuttered Glasslands: Starbucks barista. 11:30 p.m. [$10]
• Sneakercon, “the greatest sneaker show on earth,” takes over the Javits Center. Noon. [$25]
• The annual Degenerate Craft Fair in Chinatown features affordable ceramic pine cones and knitted balaclavas. 12 p.m. [Free]
Sunday
• The rain will stop, so head outside for a “vigorous” nature hike along the John Muir trail in Van Cortlandt Park. 11 a.m. [Free] …
• … A wilderness survival course at Blue Heron Park on Staten Island. 11 a.m. [Free] …
• … Or a tree lighting and premature solstice celebration at Queens Botanical Garden. 12:30 to 5 p.m. [Free] …
• The Hip-Hop Nutcracker at United Palace of Cultural Arts in Washington Heights features MC Kurtis Blow. 1 p.m. [$10 and up]
• A minister and a rabbi bless animals at an event sponsored by The New York Post, at Christ Church on the Upper East Side. 2 p.m. [Free]
• For more events, see The New York Times Arts & Entertainment guide.
• And if you’re looking for fun outside New York City, The Times’s Metropolitan section has suggestions. See Friday and Saturday listings for Westchester, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut. See Sunday listings for Westchester, Long Island, New Jersey and Connecticut.
AND FINALLY …
Racism and fair treatment were on the city’s collective mind 57 years ago, too.
On Dec. 5, 1957, the City Council gathered to vote on the nation’s first law banning discrimination in private rental housing.
The law was bitterly opposed by landlords. A spokesman for the Real Estate Board of New York warned the Council that the measure “would be tested in the highest courts because we believe that it violates the fundamental rights” of property owners.
One councilman voted against the law, calling it “cumbersome” and possibly unconstitutional.
But 20 council members voted in favor, and the Fair Housing Practices Law passed.
Kenneth Rosen contributed reporting.
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