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People deep, there were three mothers actually just interviewed off camera. one of the moms who lost her sons two and a half years ago and shes still frustrated because the officer, she said who shot and killed her son, was not indicted and she was helping lead this whole group. i asked her, what did she think of that moment seeing the card board coffins and what they call the die-in, everyone lying on the ground. she was so touched. she was incredibly emotional. just moving this way, anderson q...

>> and shutting down times square! >> hands up, dont shoot! >> large crowds, largely peaceful, but this many people and this much emotion leads eventually to conflict. >> making an arrest here right now. >> nypd making arrests after a massive scuffle. >> theres already violent. they were slamming people down on the ground against the cars. >> they were very much overly aggressive. what a surprise, when has nypd not been overly aggressive to us. >> marchers were chanting -- whose streets? our str...

Avenue in brooklyn. im staring at the barkly center but youre staring at dozens of people carrying different cardboard coffins that represent the boroughs in new york. 11 names representing people killed by new york police. they have now in the last few seconds, theyre staging what they call a die-in, representing eric garner, who died -- who was taken down by police on the sidewalk in staten island. its just a bridge away from where i am, but you can see the flashing lights in the distance. pol...

One of the most poignant demonstrations, what protesters called a die-in. you saw them laying down next to coffins they made over in brooklyn. in lower manhattan, arrests were made as police tried to keep people away from traffic. in some cases people were sitting down holding hands singing, in other cases they were chanting. all of them railing against what they believe is the injustice of a failure to indict the officer involved in the death of eric garner. eric garners daughter spoke to cnn, ...

Between the public and the police? well take a look at them. another typhoon bearing down op the philippines. the island nation braces for another monster storm. well, it is 1:00 a.m. in new york city right now where a night of sprawling night is winding down. marching peacefully through manhattan, times square, across the brooklyn bridge and back again. several dozen people have been arrested. the protests stretched across the u.s. from atlanta to pittsburgh to oakland. in chicago, demonstrator...

Hundreds of us walk add cross the brooklyn bridge on the, you know, brooklyn bound side where the cars would normally be multiple lanes continued across into really the heart of brooklyn, i think ill just never forget this. this was the most poignant image. at the front which i joined for seven hours tonight they were carrying about half a dozen c.a.r.d.board scoff fins and etched on them were names you may not know, i wasnt as familiar with, not high-profile cases, but people that these folks f...

Screaming for justice, demanding change in how law enforcement deals with people of color. >> its happening in every city, every town. its happening here in pittsburgh. >> reporter: in new york, the brooklyn bridge shut down by protesters and they brought times square to a standstill. hours of peaceful protests there escalatin escalating, eventually reaching a tipping point, the nypd cracking down. 219 arrested overnight, including several after a massive scuffle. >> it was all pretty violent an...

More than 200 people were arrested, double the number from night one. but lets be clear, these were mostly peaceful protests. thousands marched across the brooklyn bridge. some carrying makeshift coffins. the holland tunnel and west side highway were briefly closed. heres a photo i took of vans full of police and riot gear last night. its not just in new york city. chicagos famed lakeshore drive was turned into a pedestrian mall as protesters gathered there. in the heart of boston there was a la...

>> reporter: shutting down times square. >> hands up, dont shoot. >> reporter: large crowds largely peaceful but this many people and this much emotion leads eventually to conflict. >> were making an arrest here right now. >> reporter: nypd making arrests after a massive shuffcuffle. >> they were very much overly aggressive, what a surprise. when has nypd not been overly aggressive to us. >> reporter: marchers were chanting "whose streets? our streets." police disagreed. ♪ i cant breathe >> re...

Carrying about half a dozen cardboard cough coffins. and etched on the coffins were names. these represent people that these folks feel in the city of new york were unjustly shogt and killed by new york police officers. in the main thoroughfare in brooklyn, dozens of people lay down. they were calling ate die-in. and four multiple minutes it was just quiet. you heard the power and voices in song. but in those few moments it spoke volumes for that what these people were trying to get across. we c...