Photos:: The death of Eric Garner

Protesters rally in New York’s Foley Square against a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)

Protesters gather on East 125th Street in New York. (Yana Paskova / Getty Images)

A police helicopter shines a light on protesters, rallying against a grand jury’s decision not to indict the police officer involved in the death of Eric Garner, as they cross the eastbound traffic lanes of the Brooklyn Bridge. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)

Police make arrests after protesters attempted to block traffic at the intersection of 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue near Times Squar. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)

About 500 demonstrators marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to downtown Brooklyn, escorted by New York police, to protest the Eric Garner case. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

The Newark Anti-Violence Coalition and the People’s Organization for Progress march in Newark, N.J., to protest the lack of an indictment in Eric Garner’s death. (Aris Economopoulos / Associated Press)

Protesters sing as they carry a collection of mock coffins bearing the names of victims of fatal police encounters at the intersection of Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue near the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)

About 500 protesters marched across the Brooklyn Bridge in New York to protest the Eric Garner decision. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters gather at Foley Square near police headquarters in New York on Dec. 4 to show their disapproval of the grand jury decision. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

About 500 protesters, some carrying mock caskets, marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to downtown Brooklyn. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters gather in New York over a grand jury’s decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island. Video showed the officer putting Garner, who had been selling loose cigarettes, in an apparent choke hold, a move banned by the city’s police department. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters at Foley Square in New York City. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Protesters march in Manhattan on Dec. 3 after a grand jury decided not to indict New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the death of Eric Garner in July. (Kena Betancur / Getty Images)

Demonstrators gather in Philadelphia to protest the New York grand jury decision in the death of Eric Garner. (Mark Makela / Getty Images)

A protest in Philadelphia. (Mark Makela / Getty Images)

The Rev. Al Sharpton with members of Eric Garner’s family in New York. (John Minchill / Associated Press)

A woman is arrested during a protest in Manhattan. (Kena Betancur / Getty Images)

A man yells at a police officer during a demonstration in Manhattan. (Kena Betancur / Getty Images)

Outrage in Philadelphia. (Mark Makela / Getty Images)

Protesters rally in Times Square in New York. (Julio Cortez / Associated Press)

Protesters in Times Square. (Bebeto Matthews / Associated Press)

A protest near Rockefeller Center in New York during a ceremony to light the Rockefeller Center Christmas tree. (Jason DeCrow / Associated Press)

Benjamin Carr, stepfather of Eric Garner, leaves the district attorney’s office after a grand jury’s decision not to indict a New York police officer involved Garner’s death. (John Minchillo / AP)

A man steps on loose cigarettes near the site of Eric Garner’s death after it was announced that a New York police officer involved in Garner’s death will not be indicted. Officers had approached Garner on suspicion he was selling illegal cigarettes. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press)

A woman places flowers at a memorial for Eric Garner near the site of his death in Staten Island. (Seth Wenig / Associated Press)

A memorial for Eric Garner near where he died after he was taken into police custody in Staten Island in July. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

Demonstrators in August 2014 protest the death of Eric Garner in Staten Island.

(John Minchillo / Associated Press)

Esaw Garner, wife of Eric Garner, attends a press conference last month. (Andrew Burton / Getty Images)

People attend a rally calling for the resignation of New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton at a small protest on Nov. 5 in New York City. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

A sign calling for the resignation of New York City Police Commissioner William Bratton at a small protest on Nov. 5. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

A flier with a picture of Eric Garner is seen near where he was killed in an encounter with an NYPD officer in July. (Spencer Platt / Getty Images)

The Rev. Al Sharpton and Gwen Carr, mother of Eric Garner, march during a rally against police violence in Staten Island in August. (Yana Paskova / Getty Images)