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December 11, 2014

Medical Students, Activists Stage Nationwide "Die-Ins" over Eric Garner Decision 
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Protests continue nationwide one week after a grand jury chose not to
indict a New York City police officer for the chokehold death of Eric
Garner. On Wednesday, students at around 70 medical schools nationwide
staged joint "die-ins," donning white lab coats and laying their bodies
on the ground. In New York City, the group Picture the Homeless staged a
rally at the right-wing Manhattan Institute before a march to Penn
Station, where they held a "die-in" for 11 minutes — that's 11 for
the amount of times Garner repeated his last words, "I can't breathe."
Protesters called for the repeal of the NYPD policy known as "broken
windows."

Scott Andrew Hudson: "This is not a valid theory. It is used to harass
the poor, people of color and the homeless."

Marcus Moore: "It basically focuses on issues that's not really a crime,
where you could just get a small ticket and you don't have to be taken
down in handcuffs to central booking. It's ridiculous."

 

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