Thousands expected to march against death of unarmed New York man killed by police chokehold
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Rev. Al Sharpton, left, and Esaw Garner, the wife of fatal police chokehold victim Eric Garner, listen during a press briefing after meeting privately with U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch on Thursday Aug. 21, 2014 in New York. The family of the unarmed Eric Garner, whose death last month in police custody was recorded on video, has asked federal prosecutors to investigate the case.(AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews) (The Associated Press)
Organizers expect up to 5,000 people to attend a march protesting the death of an unarmed black man who died after being placed in a chokehold by a white New York police officer.
The Saturday march in Staten Island is being led by the Rev. Al Sharpton's National Action Network.
It begins on the street where the 43-year-old Eric Garner was placed in the fatal hold last month and ends at the office of Staten Island District Attorney Daniel Donovan, who this week said he's sending the case to a grand jury.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Sharpton is demanding that the NYPD officers involved face criminal charges.
He'll be joined by members of Garner's family and relatives of Michael Brown, the unarmed 18-year-old shot to death by police in Missouri earlier this month.