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Including harvard staged what are called die-ins. we're watching the other protests that are happening. this week the new york congressman hakim jefferies made his first visit to a makeshift memorial set up at the site where the police tackled eric garner on new york's staten island. the congressman is joining us now, we've seen the video of eric garner and the sidewalk. you were there, tell us what it was like when you went to that sidewalk and saw that location because i know it was pretty emotional for you. >> good evening, wolf and thank you for having me on. it was certainly an emotional ...

And teammates as well. we had derrick rose earlier and lebron james got the idea from him wearing the "i can't breathe" t-shirt. any reaction to that, deb? >> reporter: it was really interesting because word got out to one of the organizers that in fact he was wearing that t-shirt along with a number of players who were wearing it. and the crowd cheered. and it was a rather remarkable scene because it came at a moment when they had staged one of these die-ins where they were laying down in the middle of the street right outside the barclays center and all of a sudden everybody sort of got up a...

>> reporter: i'm just to the side of the camera. we're showing you this die-in. all these people who have come here. one of the organizes said let's show with it our bodies, not our voices. it is silent. they're laying down. these die-ins they've been having. they're here in the entire plaza of the barclays center. they're really surrounded by a groom of both supporters but also, a number of media folks here covering the royal visit. also, covering this protest. and really, it was within the last half-hour that all of these people began to show up. many from brooklyn. others from all five burr...

Recent police killing black men and children in america. coast to coast, marches and die-ins staged to bring attention to the issue. this is the scene from pennsylvania, in protest. berkeley, california, protesters temporarily shut down interstate 80 in both directions, and then on the court, nba stars like lebron james and kevin garnett donned "i can't breathe" shirts in protest over the death of eric garner by a new york city police officer. president talked about that in his interview with b.e.t. let's listen. >> i think people who saw the eric garner video are troubled, even if they hadn't...

Brown's death is described as a homicide. meanwhile, support for both brown and eric garner continued to grow. in berkeley, california look at this, the largest crowd yet. they blocked a major highway and staged die-ins. outside of the nba came at new york's barkley center on the basketball court lebron james was among several players wearing i can't breathe t-shirts. the brits are back this morning. the royals will start to wrap up their visit. it's been memorable as british royalty met with american music royalty. they visit the 9/11 memorial, tour a youth organization and attend a dinner ...