--- description: New York City police are postponing their holiday parties as protests over the death of Eric Garner become almost a nightly occurrence. title: NYPD Cancels Holiday Parties as Protests Continue image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c58a09ded01f3d9/69876fb8a988ca76e16ab7bd/460430404.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 * [Civil Rights](/tag/civil-rights/) ## Civil Rights Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # NYPD Cancels Holiday Parties as Protests Continue  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 18, 2014 2:18 PM CUT  NYPD officers stand guard during the National March Against Police Violence, which was organized by National Action Network, at One Police Plaza on December 13, 2014 in New York City. NYPD officers stand guard during the National March Against Police Violence, which was organized by National Action Network, at One Police Plaza on December 13, 2014 in New York City.Kena Betancur—Getty Images  by [Noah Rayman](/author/noah-rayman/)  ## Noah Rayman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 18, 2014 2:18 PM CUT New York City police are [canceling or postponing](http://dnainfo.com/new-york/20141218/greenwich-village/nypd-precincts-across-city-cancel-their-holiday-parties-amid-protests "undefined") their holiday parties as protests over the death of Eric Garner become almost a [nightly occurrence](http://time.com/3638696/new-yorkers-want-justice-eric-garner/ "undefined"). DNAinfo New York, a local news source, reports that police precincts don’t want to risk taking officers off the streets as the protests continue across the city two weeks after a grand jury decided not to indict a police officer in Garner’s death. At least two thirds of the precincts had canceled their festivities, which the police pay for themselves, according to DNAinfo. Some will be rescheduled for January — if the protests have subsided by then. \[[_DNAinfo_](http://dnainfo.com/new-york/20141218/greenwich-village/nypd-precincts-across-city-cancel-their-holid "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3639681/nypd-cancels-holiday-parties-as-protests-continue/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3639681/nypd-cancels-holiday-parties-as-protests-continue/"},"headline":"NYPD Cancels Holiday Parties as Protests Continue","datePublished":"2014-12-18T14:18:43.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T02:58:25.074Z","description":"Protest leaders are meeting with the Mayor on Friday.","url":"https://time.com/3639681/nypd-cancels-holiday-parties-as-protests-continue/","keywords":["Civil Rights","New York City","NYPD","protests","Eric Garner","Ferguson topic"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c58a09ded01f3d9/69876fb8a988ca76e16ab7bd/460430404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Noah Rayman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/noah-rayman/"}],"articleSection":"U.S.","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt6c58a09ded01f3d9/69876fb8a988ca76e16ab7bd/460430404.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Protesters Stage Nationwide Marches In Wake Of Recent Grand Jury Decisions","caption":"Protesters Stage Nationwide Marches In Wake Of Recent Grand Jury Decisions","creditText":"Kena Betancur—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":"/tag/civil-rights/","name":"Civil Rights"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3639681/nypd-cancels-holiday-parties-as-protests-continue/","name":"NYPD Cancels Holiday Parties as Protests Continue"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"Watch: New Yorkers Continue to Call For Justice For Eric Garner","description":"Thousands flooded the streets of New York City to call for racial equality","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/chUB6PTm/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-12-17T20:37:03.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/chUB6PTm.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3639681/nypd-cancels-holiday-parties-as-protests-continue/","duration":"PT3M13S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3639681/nypd-cancels-holiday-parties-as-protests-continue/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```