Daily Beast - Protesters in New York shut down bridges, highways, and tunnels Wednesday night but the show went on at Rockefeller Center. The annual Christmas tree was lit and Mariah Carey sang while sirens flashed red and white where protesters gathered across the street. A block from the Christmas gala, behind barricades manned by police, hundreds of people marched into the throng of tourists who’d come to see the tree and chanted “no justice no tree!” and “no justice no peace! No racist police!”
There were protests across New York City after a grand jury vote cleared a white police officer of criminal charges in the killing of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man.
Less than two weeks ago, the Ferguson grand jury sparked its own protests in New York, but nothing compared to the scale of Wednesday night, when thousands took to the streets.
Throughout the city, protesters massed on major roadways and at bridge and tunnel openings, cutting off traffic before police dispersed them. In all, around 30 people were arrested from the various demonstrations according to CBS News.
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