Activists Protests In New York's Union Square Over Recent Police Shootings

NEW YORK, NY - APRIL 14: Protesters against police violence march in Manhattan on April 14, 2015 in New York City. A coalation of anti police violence and anti racist organizations gathered in Union Square to listen to speakers before setting off on a march down lower Broadway. Following the dath of Eric Garner during a confrontation with NYPD officers last summer, New York has become one of the nations focal points for protests against the police. Along with Garner's death, the cases of Ferguson teen Michael Brown and Walter Scott in South Carolina have energized the movement against the police. The marchers hope to highlight the individual cases and to pressure law makers and police departments across the country to institute changes in how the police confront to citizens. (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)