Country Protests Eric Garner Decision

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Protesters gather in Foley Square on Thursday in New York City. Thousands have rallied across the country against a grand jury's decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of unarmed Staten Island man Eric Garner.

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People gather in front of the Adam Clayton Powell Jr. State office buiding during protests Thursday in New York City. 

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People watch as protesters walk pass their building in New York City Thursday during demonstrations against police brutality and the death of Eric Garner. 

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Protesters participate in a die-in near the Washington Monument on Thursday in Washington, D.C. 

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Protesters hold up their hands and chant "hands up, don't shoot!" as they protest police brutality Thursday in Boston.

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Police cars follow people marching on East 125th Street Thursday in New York City.

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A group of protesters occupies the eastbound traffic lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge early Thursday in New York City.

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Protesters march through the streets in New York City's Times Square in response to the grand jury's decision in the Eric Garner case on Wednesday. The panel did not indict officer Daniel Pantaleo despite a city medical examiner's report that ruled Garner's July 17 death a homicide and found that a chokehold contributed to it.

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A man sits in the street after being blocked by a line of police officers on Thursday on Oakland, Calif. 

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New York City police block demonstrators in Times Square for the second night in New York City. 

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People watch from above as protesters march in Washington, D.C., Thursday to demonstrate against the police shooting deaths of Eric Garner and Michael Brown. 

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Protesters shout in Times Square Wednesday after it was announced that officer Daniel Pantaleo would not be indicted in Eric Garner's death.

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A woman, right, yells at a New York City police officer during a protest after the announcement Wednesday in New York City. The incident has sparked outrage across the country, with a widely viewed video posted on the Internet and shot by an onlooker showing the 43-year-old Garner telling a group of police officers to leave him alone as they tried to arrest him.

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Esaw Garner, wife of Eric Garner, attends a news conference at the National Action Network headquarters in New York City on Wednesday after a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer involved in her husband's death.

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A protester holds a sign reading "I can't breathe," Eric Garner's final words before he died, in Times Square on Wednesday during a response to the grand jury's decision.

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Police watch protesters swarm the West Side Highway in New York City Wednesday.

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A crowd of protesters gridlock vehicles on the West Side Highway Wednesday in New York City.

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Protesters lay down in Grand Central Station Wednesday in New York City. The grand jury announcement in the Garner case came days after a similar decision sparked renewed unrest in Ferguson, Mo., where white police officer Darren Wilson fatally shot unarmed black teenager Michael Brown.

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A family attends a vigil for Eric Garner Wednesday in the New York City borough of Staten Island, outside the beauty salon where the confrontation between Garner and police took place.

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New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, surrounded by community leaders, speaks to reporters in Staten Island about the grand jury's decision in the Eric Garner case Wednesday.

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"Hell no," said Eric Garner's wife, Esaw, after the decision was announced and officer Daniel Pantaleo offered his condolences to Garner's family in a statement. "The time for remorse would have been when my husband was screaming to breathe."

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A man yells at a police officer as he takes part in a protest on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan Wednesday.

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A man raises his hands in front of police officers Wednesday in New York City.

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Demonstrators march in protest on the streets of St. Louis Wednesday, as nationwide outrage and protests erupted over the grand jury decisions in the cases of Michael Brown and Eric Garner.

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Demonstrators block traffic on Interstate 395 during a protest against the Eric Garner grand jury decision Wednesday in Washington, D.C.

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Demonstrators block traffic on I-395 in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday.

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Demonstrators gather at City Hall in Philadelphia to protest the Eric Garner grand jury decision as dancers perform at a Christmas tree lighting ceremony Wednesday.

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A demonstrator cries in Philadelphia Wednesday.

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Protesters face off with police Wednesday in Oakland, Calif., following the Eric Garner grand jury decision.