Images from Garner protests at Detroit's Noel Night celebration on Saturday

[marmar]

DETROIT, MI -- Noel Night, in its 42nd year, had all the traditional attractions Saturday.
There was popcorn and hot cocoa. There were street performers and ice sculptures. Visitors toured historic buildings and local shops enjoyed the large, cheery crowds.

But this year was different, and not because of the unicyclists in top hats or the artists who carried around "mobile forest" of Christmas trees.

There was a constant chanting of the words "We can't breathe!" and other protest phrases throughout the night, coming from not one, but several large groups of demonstrators.

Angry over police-involved killings around the country and a pair of grand jury decisions not to indict officers involved in violent deaths, multiple crowds of protesters marched down Woodward Avenue and staged a "die-in" demonstration outside the Detroit Institute of Arts on Saturday as thousands gathered for Midtown's massive annual holiday party. ...............(more)

http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.ssf/2014/12/detroit_protesters_voice_anger.html

[sheshe2]

1. Thank you marmar.

Great images of a nation that is finally waking up and I am not talking of PoC, there are more voices joining. It gives me hope