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>> dont shoot. dont shoot. >> demonstrators there ir norfolk, virginia. protesters gathered again yesterday to demand justice in the controversial deaths of eric garner and michael brown at the hands of police. >> for weeks now demonstrations have paralyzed streets across the country. this is cambridge, massachusetts last night. protesters, appears to be 100, more than 200 at those so-called die-ins. and protesters with the name tamir rice, stop police murder. >> you may remember rice was shot...

Academic world, students nationwide marched and chanted demanding justice. white students protested, too, but the anger festered in on-campus black organizations. they galvanized the thee at tri cality with die-ins and stale slogans much of it directed by a flurry of tweeting. at the university of missouri, organizers announced that, quote, only people of color could take part in their die-in. at the columbia law school, the dean declared anyone who was traumatized by the grand jury decisions co...

The congressional black caucus, walked off their jobs to the capitol steps to make a statement. later that same day, eric garners daughter led protesters in the so-called die-in, lying at site of her fathers death on staten island. all week long the streets of american cities filled with peaceful protests, some participants in the san francisco bay area were destroying property. for the latest on what is happening todays marches, joinjoi joined tremendojoi joinjoin tremain lee. >> reporter: its ...

Race and law enforcement issues in the wake of what happened in ferguson and new york city. it is latest in the series of meetings he is holding on building community trust. hundreds of minority congressional staffers walked off the job thursday. this action protesting the grand jurys decisions in the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. this as eric garners daughter staged a die-in thursday in memory of her father. the victims mother was calling for justice. >> just as he we want everyone t...

Republicans take control. they have things in here they believe is right and that was the white house chief of staffs message but i was told by many democrats, it might not have been enough. >> will there be a shutdown if they dont reach a deal? >> reporter: they hope a back-up plan, a short-term spendig bill to keep the government running and probably will do it tonight in the house, send it over to the senate. we should probably breathe a sigh of relief that nobody will let the government shut...

Important to do, but it is not easy in these times when you have such hard and vocal wings in both parties. >> absolutely. dana bash, thank you. outrage over the deaths of two unarmed black men killed by white police officers gripping the nation. attorney general eric holder will be in chicago to discuss race and law enforcement issues over what happened in new york city and ferguson. latest of the series of meetings he is holding on building trust. and the congressional staffers walked off th...

Steps yesterday. where congressional staffers and some members of congress staged a walkout and protest in the deaths of eric garner and michael brown and the decision not to charge the police officers who killed them. those staffers were showing their solidarity with protesters whose demonstrations about the policing of black communities are not going away any time soon. today preparations are under way ahead of marches for justice, taking place in both new york city and washington, d.c. tomorr...

Comcast nbcuniversal. bringing media and technology together for you. a powerful moment in washington as dozens of u.s. congressional staffers walked off the job and gathered outside capitol hill thursday, they all put their hands up in protest of what they call police brutality. they were showing their support for the families of eric garner and michael brown. both unarmed black men were killed by white police officers. the grand juries in new york and ferguson, missouri, chose not to indict ...

This was harvard medical school today. look. dozens of medical students and faculty and staff gathered in their white coats while holding signs that said homicide is a public health concern. they laid still for 15 1/2 minutes. they said they picked this number because it was 11 minutes for the 11 times eric garner told police in staten island, i cant breathe, and 4 1/2 minutes to represent the 4 1/2 hours that the body of michael brown laid in the street after a police officer shot and killed hi...

19 were arrested. commuters in grand central new york witnessed a die in. kobe bryant wearing a "i cant breath" t-shirt. on saturday the weeks events will cull minute ate in washington, d.c., thousands are expected to march on the capitol with the families of killed unarmed black civilians. president obama stressed the necessity of protests. >> as long as theyre peaceful i think theyre necessary. the old addage power concedes nothing without a fight, i think thats true, but whats also true a cou...