Protesters Against Police Brutality

By Hayden Roger Celestin

News Americas, STATEN ISLAND, NY, Sat. Aug. 23, 2014: Hundreds including the mother of murdered police victim, Amadou Diallo and Grenadian American City Councilmember, Jumanee Williams joined the Rev. Al Sharpton at a rally against police brutality in Staten Island, NY on Saturday.

The rally was to call attention to the death of Eric Garner, a Staten Island resident who died after a chokehold performed by a cop who tried to arrest him and against the backdrop of the shooting of Michael Brown in Ferguson, MO.