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Demonstrations In Boston Over Eric Garner Case Largely Peaceful

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Police block protesters from accessing highway and tunnel ramps in Boston, following the Eric Garner decision.
Police block protesters from accessing highway and tunnel ramps in Boston, following the Eric Garner decision.

Protesters took to the streets of Boston Thursday night to protest a grand jury's decision not to indict a white police officer in the chokehold death of a black man as he was being taken into custody.

Thousands turned out, and police reported just a handful of arrests in what was a largely peaceful demonstration.

Listen to a full report above from WBUR's Fred Thys.

This segment aired on December 5, 2014.

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