live in staten island, carolyn costello, abc news. reena, t.j., back to you. >> thank you so very much. >>> well, like many others, the garner family members are just in shock. say they're hurt by the grand jury decision. they're vowing to keep fighting. >> more on the emotional reaction from garner's widow. >> hell, no. the time for remorse was when my husband was yelling to breathe. that would have been the time for him to show some type of remorse or some type of care for another human being's life. when he was screaming 11 times that he can't breathe. somebody that gets paid to do right did wrong. and he's not held accountable for it. >> well, you see the emotion there from garner's widow. but there was emotion all over the country. as carolyn mentioned, spontaneous marches in cities all over the country. >> demonstrators hit the streets of the nation's capital, stopping traffic along d.c.'s busy dupont circle. stood in the road holding their hands up. rallying not just against last night's decision in new york, but the one in the

we go to carolyn costello live in new york city. >> reporter: matt this is where the deadly encounter occurred. candle lit a sign posted that said, no problems just justice. >> new york city, protesters blocked part of a major highway facing off with police in protective gear. some marched through the streets of midtown. other lay on the floor of grand central station. the arrest caught on tape, a white new york city police officer putting garner an african-american in an apparent choke hold as he try to to take him into custody. police confronting the unarmed father of 6 who suffered from asthma for selling loose cigarettes. the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by pressure to the throat and chest. but the grand jury decided he did nothing illegal. >> he did it a video. it didn't mean nothing. >> reporter: less than two weeks after the decision in ferguson, protests erupting across the country. president obama addressing widespread anger for a second time and attorney general eric holder announcing this case is not over yet. >> i'm here to announce the justice depart

carolyn costello is live. >> reporter: good morning. this is where that deadly encounter took place. you can see a makeshift memorial set up out here. the deadly takedown maneuver was caught on tape. now people here and across the country outraged at a grand jury's decision that that officer did nothing wrong. in new york city, protesters blocked part of a major highway, facing off with police in protective gear. some marched through the streets of midtown. others lay on the floor at grand central station. caught on tape, a white new york city police officer putting garner, an african-american, in an apparent choke hold as he y tried to take him into custody. the unarmed father of six who suffered from asthma, he was confronted for allegedly selling cigarettes. the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide caused by compression of his throat and chest. but the grand jury decided the officer did nothing illegal. >> don't you see? the video didn't mean anything. it didn't mean anything. >> reporter: less than two weeks after the decisio

we begin with carolyn costello in new york city. >> reporter: protesters marched through the streetsmidtown. the arrests that led to garner's death last july caught on tape. a white new york city police officer budget him into a choke hold as he tried to take him into custody. police confronting the unarmed father of 6 suffering from asthma for selling loose cigarettes. the medical examiner ruled the death a homicide, caused by compression of the throat and chest, but a grand jury decided he did nothing illegal. >> even with a video, ferguson don't you see, it didn't mean nothing. it didn't mean nothing. >> reporter: less than two weeks after the decision in ferguson, bro tests erupting across the country. president obama addressing widespread ankle for a second time and eric holder announcing this case is not over yet. >> i'm here to announce that the justice department will proceed with a federal civil rights investigation into the death. >> reporter: the nypd officer at the center of the case issued a statement saying i feel very bad about the death of mr. garner his condolences r

carolyn costello has the latest now from new york. >> reporter: in new york city hundreds of protesters blocked a major highway and others laid on the floor at grand central terminal. they were chanting eric garner's last words. >> i can't breathe! >> the grand jury declined to indic indict the officer in the case. the nypd are retraining their officers and implementing a camera pilot program. but his father doesn't think anything will change. >> the video camera did not make a different what do we need body cameras for, a waste of money. >> it was back in july that garner was arrested for selling loose cigarettes. he suffered from asthma and died after being put in a chokehold. according to the coroner from compression of the neck and chest. while the officer is not facing federal charges, he remains suspended from the nypd. >> there will probably be a civil lawsuit. and the department of justice will conduct a civil rights investigation. >>> fast food workers in philadelphia walked off the job to demand better pay. >> what do we want! >> the action cam was at the mcdonald's at broad a

police as they express outrage over grand jury decisions in new york city and ferguson, missouri, carolyn costello joins us with the latest from new york. >> reporter: rick, demonstrations across the country are growing in number and in some cases getting more aggressive. people from coast-to-coast protesting deadly police force. thousands surged through the streets of new york city for a second straight night. disrupting traffic and expressing outrage over the death of eric garner and that the officer will not be charged in his arrest. he died from injuries to the neck and chest after this incident caught on video. some protesters threw bottles at officers, a sign that protesters are getting more aggressive. that was reported in denver, colora colorado, during a protest four police officers were struck by an out of control car, one officer is in critical condition. still the majority of pro tests across the country remain peaceful. >> it's empowering but at the same time you feel like, you know, helpless, you wish there was more you could do. >> as protesters from coast-to-coast chant eric garner