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For a second night. standoffs but no serious violence replicated across the country. nationwide, outrage, garners daughter says, she appreciates. >> this is not a black and white issue. this is a national crisis. protesters clashed with police after shutting down a major thoroughfare. and in d.c., protesters stage a die-in only walks away from the white house. all of this after a grand jury declined to indict officer daniel pantaleo in the chokehold death of eric garner. the grand jury sat for n...

Picture. how to prevent these tragedies far in advance. >> when theres a problem with a child we dont wait until they are acting out and selling cigarettes on the corner and kill them for it. >> reporter: police have been trying to stay ahead of these groups with no idea on whether they plan to end up or how long theyll continue to march through the streets of new york city. abc news, new york. protesters hit the streets of phoenix after the deadly shooting of a black unarmed drug suspect by a...

New york. there are 11 different names. 11 names representing people who have been killed by new york police. they have now in the last few seconds staging what they call a die-in representing eric garner who died, who was taken down by police on that sidewalk on staten island which is a just a bridge away from where i am. you can see the flashing lights in the distance. police have been with us all along the way. we found out there are three mothers. there have been three mothers each of whom h...

I would expect another night of protests again tonight. i dont know if it will be like what we saw last night. you were out here. thousands of people flooding into the streets not just here in times square but on west side highway in brooklyn as well. 219 arrests last night. that compared to 83 the night before. most of the arrests were disorderly conduct. theres a difference though what we see is these demonstrators are becoming much more organized using social media to spread the word. o im no...

Before. the message going out to the officers, many officers is that this is not personal, this is not against you, this is the frustrations against the entire criminal justice system. a good police officer has to have thick skin and has to remain professional at all times. and i suspect the police officers will perform their jobs professionally. >> chief banks, i want you to hold on with me. athena jones is outside verizon center, the home of the washington wizards. theyre supposed to be starti...

Blocking traffic here to make it hard for people to get to the wizards game and hard to get home. the goal is to disrupt in order to bring attention to their cause, which is any racial injustice, ending racial profiling. they are upset that we are talking, they want this to be a moment of silence. >> you are not respecting the moment of silence that we have set for all the victims of police brutality in violation of their human rights. we asked for a moment of silence, and you cant even give us ...

Balanced in our court of law. >> is this a nationwide problem? weve seen a problem obviously in ferguson and in new york city and staten island, one of the boroughs in new york city. but are there similar problems? you monitor this all over the country elsewhere. >> absolutely. whether youre talking about ohio, missouri, atlanta, georgia, chicago, illinois, los angeles, california, its a problem regardless of where you go in the country and it has to be fixed nationwide. >> take a look at this, ...

Issue. this is a national crisis. >> reporter: in chicago, protesters clashed with police after shutting down a major thoroughfare and in d.c., protesters staged a die-in. >> reporter: all of this over the failure to indict officer pantaleo over the death of eric garner. the grand jury sat for nine weeks hearing from a total of 50 witnesses. 22 civilians, also police personnel. admitted into evidence, records regarding nypd policies and procedures, garners medical records and photographs of the ...

Pulsed throughout the city streets for more than nine hours. most chanting garners last words. >> i cant breathe. >> reporter: before dieing on this staten island street. >> i cant breathe. i cant breathe. >> reporter: police, some in riot gear, blocking intersections as protesters began shutting down the citys most iconic landmarks. stopping the flow of traffic into and out of the island of manhattan for hours. some lying down right in the middle of the road, the same inside grand central stati...

Officials and even nypd brass, but it infuriated many african-americans. some gathered just steps away from where the fatal confrontation took place. >> they didnt indict him? why? where is the justice at? >> anybody with eyes can see what happened. >> reporter: while there was anger, so far, no violence. >> he shouldnt have been killed in that way. he shouldnt have been killed in any way. he should be here celebrating christmas and thanksgiving and everything else with his children and his gran...