The video is so disturbing that folks staging "die-ins" and George W. Bush both came to nearly the same conclusion: Shouldn't there be some consequence for Pantaleo?
From the streets of New York to the campus of Harvard University to a shopping mall in London, people have been staging "die-ins" all across the world in recent weeks to protest police brutality in the US after two grand juries in separate states declined to prosecute two white police officers in the deaths of unarmed black men earlier this year.
On Saturday Opera Pro Voce stages "Die Fledermaus" at 8 p.m. at the Plainview-Old Bethpage Library (516) 938-0077.
They staged "die-ins" and returned to the "I can't breathe" refrain.
In Fall 2014, medical students across the U.S. staged die-ins as part of the nationwide #blacklivesmatter protests.
Students at about 70 medical schools around the country including in Chicago, Atlanta and Boston staged die-ins on Wednesday to protest the killings.
Additionally, each seminary has, within its respective context, staged die-ins, held student and faculty protests, sponsored trips to Ferguson, hosted meetings with civic and political leaders, and initiated anti-profiling efforts.
Students at medical schools around the United States staged "die-ins" to protest the chokehold death by police of an unarmed black man, and New York activists demanded the city take action after a grand jury declined to indict the officer involved.
The censorship makes for an arresting visual, reminiscent of duct-taped NOH8 mouths or ACT UP's long history of staging die-ins (a protest tactic where activists lay dead in a public space).
NEW YORK -- It's been more than a week since a Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner, and protesters have taken to the streets each night since then, staging "die-ins" and marching over bridges, often bringing traffic to a standstill.
