NYC 12/04/14: Shut It Down For Eric Garner

On December 4th, 2014, thousands of protesters shutdown large parts of New York City including the Holland Tunnel, the West Side Highway, the Brooklyn Bridge, the Manhattan Bridge, the Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive, Times Square and the Lincoln Tunnel to protest a grand jury and prosecutor’s failure to indict the police for killing Eric Garner. The protests began at 5:30 PM and lasted until almost 3:00AM. By the end of the night, there were over 200 arrests. This footage follows demonstrators as they shut down the Holland Tunnel, the West Side Highway, Broadway, Times Square, and the Lincoln Tunnel.