--- description: Protesters took to the streets of NYC Wednesday after a grand jury decided not to indict a police officer over the death of Eric Garner. title: Watch: Chokehold Protests in NYC image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f48c4473de10d30/69876c8a0b72e3e5b26dc55c/459910138.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [U.S.](/section/us/) ## U.S. Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch: Protests Erupt In New York City After No Chokehold Indictment  by [Francesca Trianni](/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 4, 2014 5:59 AM CUT  WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 03 : Protestors block the road during a protest after two grand juries decided not to indict the police officers involved in the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. and Eric Garner in New York, N.Y. in Washington, D.C. on December 3, 2014\. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images) WASHINGTON, DC - DECEMBER 03 : Protestors block the road during a protest after two grand juries decided not to indict the police officers involved in the deaths of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo. and Eric Garner in New York, N.Y. in Washington, D.C. on December 3, 2014\. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)Anadolu Agency—Getty Images  by [Francesca Trianni](/author/francesca-trianni/)  ## Francesca Trianni Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 4, 2014 5:59 AM CUT Protesters expressed outrage on the streets of New York City Wednesday night after a grand jury decided [not to indict ](http://time.com/3616780/eric-garner-chokehold-new-york-staten-island/ "undefined")a police officer over the controversial death of Staten Island man Eric Garner in July. In the Tompkinsville neighborhood of Staten Island, in Times Square and in Union Square, crowds chanted “I can’t breathe” — the same words Garner uttered as he was wrestled to the ground by officer Daniel Pantaleo what appeared to be a banned chokehold. The demonstrations come just after a week a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri decided not to indict a white police officer in another racially charged killing of a black man. The decision in that case ignited waves of violence in Ferguson, with businesses burned and looted. As of Wednesday evening, about 30 protesters were arrested in New York City, with more arrests likely to come, according to a statement to CNN by New York police chief William Bratton. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3617510/eric-garner-protests-new-york-city-chokehold/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3617510/eric-garner-protests-new-york-city-chokehold/"},"headline":"Watch: Protests Erupt In New York City After No Chokehold Indictment","datePublished":"2014-12-04T05:59:55.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:33:49.578Z","description":"Demonstrators took over highways, squares and streets in waves of outrage","url":"https://time.com/3617510/eric-garner-protests-new-york-city-chokehold/","keywords":["Crime","New York City","Eric Garner","Ferguson topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f48c4473de10d30/69876c8a0b72e3e5b26dc55c/459910138.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Francesca Trianni","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/francesca-trianni/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt7f48c4473de10d30/69876c8a0b72e3e5b26dc55c/459910138.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Protest in Washington Against Grand Jury's Decision","caption":"Protest in Washington Against Grand Jury's Decision","creditText":"Anadolu Agency—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/us/","name":"U.S."}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3617510/eric-garner-protests-new-york-city-chokehold/","name":"Watch: Protests Erupt In New York City After No Chokehold Indictment"}}]}] ```