NEW YORK, NY -- For yet another night, police had their hands full as angry protestors took over the streets. Some were arrested on the West Side Highway; others found themselves in tense ...

BROOKLYN (WABC) -- They may not have shut down the Barclays Center, but they sure made it hard for people who paid big bucks for tickets to get in. Eyewitness News saw families with small kids, a ...

Video captured from Saturday's protests in New York City appeared to show demonstrators apparently calling for the deaths of police officers, hours before violence on the Brooklyn Bridge marred the ...

Plans by the Rev. Al Sharpton to lead a march across the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge on Aug. 23 to protest the chokehold death of Eric Garner and other alleged acts of police brutality has drawn a ...

“Hand’s up, don’t shoot” gesture on Canal Street (photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) We are in Foley square at 6pm, some of thousands gathered the day after a Staten Island ...

Hundreds staged die-ins in front of Barclays and Target last night as Prince William and Kate took in a Nets game to protest the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case. Target closed early, cops ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In a 25-minute interview with Black Entertainment Television, President Obama said protests over the grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric ...

43-year-old Eric Garner was put in a chokehold, which eventually led to his death, by Officer Daniel Pantaleo in July after he was caught illegally selling cigarettes. Protesters have invaded the ...

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On Saturday a group of artists and activists staged a protest at the Armory Show art fair, performing music, poetry, a dramatic reading of Eric Garner's last words, and staging a die-in. The Artists ...