Protests have swept the nation in the aftermath of a Staten Island grand jury decision not to indict a white New York Police Department officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, a black man
Like any major protest, rallies against the decision swelled from several organizing groups, bystanders caught up in the furor. An undercurrent of outrage seemed to provide a common cause for all. Grassroots organizers have leveraged the power of social media to drive the large-scale demonstrations
Just as social media fueled the initial attention to Garner's case after a video surfaced of police pinning him to the ground, social platforms became the rallying point for those looking to organize action after the decision Read more...
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