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PHOTOS: Weekend Protests In Atlanta, Other Cities Disrupt Traffic
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A protest in which participants played dead to demonstrate against recent killings by police drew more than 200 people in Atlanta.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports protesters staged a "die-in" Saturday afternoon on an overpass in midtown Atlanta. Protesters laid down on the bridge's sidewalk as traffic whizzed by and remained silent for 15 ½ minutes.
The timing was symbolic. Organizers say 11 minutes represented the number of times Eric Garner said "I can't breathe" while a New York police officer held him in a chokehold.
The remaining 4 ½ minutes represented the number of hours Michael Brown's body lay uncovered in the street after he was shot by an officer in Ferguson, Missouri.
Other demonstrators took part in a mass occupation of Woodruff Park in Atlanta where participants spent the night to show their objection to the outcome of the Eric Garner case.
At the #ATL protest in Woodruff Park. pic.twitter.com/NT5TuH5kI1
— C. G. Brown (@brokenbeatnik) December 7, 2014
In New York city, marchers attempted to block the Verazzono Bridge in Staten Island where Garner is from.
In the Bay Area, demonstrations turned violent for two nights straight when agitators vandalized buildings and disrupted traffic on the freeway.
Photos From Tweets Of Demonstrations On The Eric Garner Case
#EricGarner protests continue over the weekend in #Atlanta via @NatishaLance pic.twitter.com/LXg3SgMDh6
— HLN (@HLNTV) December 7, 2014
Protests In New York
JUST IN: Verrazano Bridge has just been shut down by protesters. #EricGarner #MikeBrown Photo via @shebe86 pic.twitter.com/LTb4LIzNsR
— Breaking911 (@Breaking911) December 8, 2014
What has been the response where you live? #EricGarner protests have been growing nationwide: http://t.co/jLwxYtp2sE
https://t.co/ksxRoVgzNg
— CNN (@CNN) December 8, 2014
Protests In California Turn Violent
#EricGarner protests in Berkeley turned violent the past two nights: http://t.co/dllJPUISdC pic.twitter.com/yPw5npbXdd
— Staance (@staance) December 8, 2014
Protests In North Carolina
Protests on #ECU campus right now. #HandsUpDontShoot #ICantBreathe #EricGarner #Ferguson pic.twitter.com/3hliyub18e
— WNCT (@wnct9) December 8, 2014
Protests In Kansas City
"@realmelodic: Protesters in Japan shutting it down for #EricGarner #MikeBrown @QueenPanthera pic.twitter.com/iq1YukXItA" solidarity
— Anonymous Press (@AnonymousPress) December 7, 2014
Solidarity For Protestors In Japan
"@realmelodic: Protesters in Japan shutting it down for #EricGarner #MikeBrown @QueenPanthera pic.twitter.com/iq1YukXItA" solidarity
— Anonymous Press (@AnonymousPress) December 7, 2014
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