New protests over Eric Garner death in New York

NEW YORK: Thousands of protesters paralyzed streets in New York  Thursday to condemn police killings of black suspects as details of a new racially tinged death emerged.
It was the second night of rallies in America’s largest city of 8.4 million after a grand jury  Wednesday decided not to indict a white officer for the death by chokehold of an unarmed black father-of-six.
National controversy over Eric Garner’s death in July and a series of other incidents were fanned further Thursday by a damning US federal investigation which concluded that police in Cleveland routinely employ “excessive force.”
In Arizona meanwhile, police said a white officer shot dead a 34-year-old black during a confrontation outside a convenience store.
Phoenix police said the officer involved shot dead Rumain Brisbon after mistakenly believing he was reaching for a gun inside his jacket. In fact he was unarmed, according to a news agency.