Protests erupted around New York City after a grand jury on Wednesday declined to indict a police officer in the death of an unarmed African-American. The ruling also sparked a federal investigation.

The grand jury’s decision outraged many New York elected officials, and city leaders called for calm as protesters marched through Manhattan, denouncing the death of Eric Garner, 43 years old, who died after being held in an apparent police chokehold on July 17 in the borough of Staten Island.

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