![A protester flees as police officers try to disperse a crowd comprised largely of student demonstrators during a protest against police violence in the U.S., in Berkeley A protester flees as police officers try to disperse a crowd comprised largely of student demonstrators during a protest against police violence in the U.S., in Berkeley](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berkeley-california-protests-riots-eric-garner-michael-brown-ferguson-6.jpg?quality=85&w=2400)
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!["We Can't Breathe": Hundreds march against police brutality, Berkeley "We Can't Breathe": Hundreds march against police brutality, Berkeley](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berkeley-california-protests-riots-eric-garner-michael-brown-ferguson-1.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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![Demonstrations Over Recent Grand Jury Decisions In Police-Involved Deaths Continue Demonstrations Over Recent Grand Jury Decisions In Police-Involved Deaths Continue](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berkeley-california-protests-riots-eric-garner-michael-brown-ferguson-4.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Protesters retreat while police officers deploy teargas to disperse a crowd comprised largely of student protesters during a protest against police violence in the U.S., in Berkeley Protesters retreat while police officers deploy teargas to disperse a crowd comprised largely of student protesters during a protest against police violence in the U.S., in Berkeley](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berkeley-california-protests-riots-eric-garner-michael-brown-ferguson-5.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A protester flees as police officers try to disperse a crowd comprised largely of student demonstrators during a protest against police violence in the U.S., in Berkeley A protester flees as police officers try to disperse a crowd comprised largely of student demonstrators during a protest against police violence in the U.S., in Berkeley](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berkeley-california-protests-riots-eric-garner-michael-brown-ferguson-6.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A protester chants during a march against the New York City grand jury decision to not indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, in Berkeley A protester chants during a march against the New York City grand jury decision to not indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner, in Berkeley](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berkeley-california-protests-riots-eric-garner-michael-brown-ferguson-7.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Members of the California Highway Patrol form a line on a freeway entrance after protesters ran onto Highway 24 during a march against the New York City grand jury decision to not indict in the death of Garner in Berkeley Members of the California Highway Patrol form a line on a freeway entrance after protesters ran onto Highway 24 during a march against the New York City grand jury decision to not indict in the death of Garner in Berkeley](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berkeley-california-protests-riots-eric-garner-michael-brown-ferguson-8.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![Medics tend to an injured protester during a march against the New York City grand jury decision to not indict a police officer in the death of Garner, in Berkeley Medics tend to an injured protester during a march against the New York City grand jury decision to not indict a police officer in the death of Garner, in Berkeley](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berkeley-california-protests-riots-eric-garner-michael-brown-ferguson-9.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
![A demonstrator takes a photograph while holding an upside down U.S. flag during a demonstration against the New York City grand jury decision to not indict in the death of Garner in Berkeley A demonstrator takes a photograph while holding an upside down U.S. flag during a demonstration against the New York City grand jury decision to not indict in the death of Garner in Berkeley](https://api.time.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/berkeley-california-protests-riots-eric-garner-michael-brown-ferguson-10.jpg?quality=75&w=2400)
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