PROTESTERS HIT THE STREETS OF NEW YORK CITY AFTER ERIC GARNER DECISION

[LiberalElite]

Source: ABC News (Local NYC)

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STATEN ISLAND (WABC) -- Protesters marched throughout New York City Wednesday night after a grand jury voted not to indict the NYPD officer involved in the chokehold death of Eric Garner on Staten Island.

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The decision not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo added to the tensions that have simmered in the city since Garner's death on July 17 death of Garner - a case that sparked outrage and drew comparisons to the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri, where demonstrations turned violent and resulted in more than 100 arrests and destruction of 12 commercial buildings by fire.

Many protesters wanted to head to the tree-lighting ceremony at Rockefeller Center, but couldn't get close because of roadblocks in the area.

Hundreds headed to the West Side Highway at 49th Street where police formed a huge barricade and the highway was shutdown in both direction.



Read more: http://7online.com/news/protests-expected-throughout-nyc-after-eric-garner-ruling/420614/

[morningfog]

1. It's the 21st century "we charge genocide."

It is the modern lynching. Cops killing black men with impunity.

[Kalidurga]

2. this is where I am watching what is going on

http://new.livestream.com/JamesFromTheInternet/events/3634145

[LiberalElite]

5. seems like a protest of 1 right now

[Kalidurga]

6. Yeah it has quieted down a lot

There were thousands on the street. Lots of live streamers. James is probably going to be the last one standing.

[LiberalElite]

8. Do you know where he was a minute ago? I couldn't place it (plus the camera jiggled too much)

[Kalidurga]

10. Probably trying to get back online

feed went dead about five minutes ago

[LiberalElite]

11. ok nighty night 'yall :)

past my bedtime anyway...

[LiberalElite]

18. I'm still up LOL -

I found his feed on some other post and it appears he was going around a block or two to get a different vantage point on a group that the NYPD had corralled and was preparing to arrest.

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. I am following on Twitter.

A protester in NYC is posting minute by minute.

This is interesting:
Protesters are going to open stores & chanting, "#ShutItDown!" until they close. We are literally shutting stores down 1-by-1.

https://twitter.com/hashtag/ShutItDown?src=hash

[LiberalElite]

4. I love the idea of them shutting this place down and -

NYC is the city that never sleeps but it is getting late here.

[dixiegrrrrl]

7. BREAKING: PORT AUTHORITY SHUTS DOWN ALL TUNNELS LEADING TO NEW YORK GRAND CENTRAL STATION.

PROTESTERS EVERYWHERE.

BREAKING: PROTESTERS SHUTTING DOWN LINCOLN TUNNEL

2 Tweets with pics, by Anonymous.

The tactics currently are "Shut it Down" and apparently being organized nation wide. Occupy is involved.

Seems to be a strong mood of Fed Up.

About time.

[LiberalElite]

9. all tunnels leading to GCT? - is that

train tunnels?? Subway and Metro North commuter lines run into GCT

[dixiegrrrrl]

12. Dunno...I just follow the Tweets....

I know it is getting late in NYC but still early in Seattle, where protesters are also shutting down mall stores.

and Oakland is active, of course.

[LiberalElite]

14. I dont' think the Port Auth has anything

to do with GCT. There is the other train station here Penn Station that has trains going out of NYC southward to NJ and beyond. Maybe that's what they closed down? I have to try to find out.

Just got this off the MTA website: Lots of buses are stuck in traffic:

http://www.mta.info/status/bus/BM1-BM5/23627774

[dixiegrrrrl]

13. Here...pic:

https://twitter.com/TatouK/status/540342995158319104/photo/1

[LiberalElite]

15. Oh my fkg GOD! nt

That's Grand Central all right.

[dixiegrrrrl]

16. Various reports of 50,000 protesters

They seem at times to be in several groups, shutting down highway, GCS, and stores in the area.

There is a #shutitdown on Twitter, lots of good pics there.

[LiberalElite]

17. Thanks! I found this:

http://fergusonaction.com/stand-with-new-york/

[dixiegrrrrl]

20. Great minds!

I found that a bit ago, and was struck by how slick the web page is.

[LiberalElite]

21. Could it be we're FINALLY

getting our act together? (we being the Left)

[dixiegrrrrl]

22. I am occasionally optimistic....I posted the below comment in an other thread:

The first reaction by any system to protest is always an attempt to stamp it out.
That's what fear based systems do.

I am encouraged by the global protests, they do not seem to ever really stop, keep popping up.
And I am really encouraged with what appears to be a very organized and continuing national push back by protesters here.
Which, by the way, has created "sympathy" protests in Europe and Britain.


THIS is how a wave of change swept the country in the 60's/70's. I was there,I was very involved as a community organizer.

A National football team demonstrated a show of support for the victims of police murders...and people cheered.
THAT is very telling.
tonight Spike Jones is marching in NYC, with his son. Soon others of stature will be joining in.

Gotta go with Ghandi on this one:
First they ignore you, then they laugh at you, then they fight you, then you win.

[PoliticAverse]

19. I think they are referring to the underground passageways that lead to Grand Central. n/t

[leftynyc]

23. That can't be right

The Port Authority doesn't control those tunnels for Metro North. I did hear they closed the Lincoln and Holland tunnels (NY connecting with NJ), the Brooklyn Bridge as well as the west side highway.

[LiberalElite]

24. I know - I thought

maybe they meant Penn Station tracks (which is also unlikely). There was something garbled in transmission LOL.

[leftynyc]

25. I wasn't sure so I went to

handy dandy Wikipedia:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Authority_of_New_York_and_New_Jersey

Although the Port Authority manages much of the transportation infrastructure in the area, most bridges, tunnels, and other transportation facilities are not included. The New York City Department of Transportation is responsible for the Staten Island Ferry and for the majority of bridges in the city. The Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority is responsible for other bridges and tunnels in the area. New York City Transit Authority buses and subways, Metro North and Long Island Rail Road (all four are divisions of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority), and buses, commuter rail, and light rail operated by New Jersey Transit are also independent of PANYNJ.