Chicago protests after no indictment in Eric Garner chokehold death

CHICAGO -- Hundreds of protestors gathered at the University of Chicago in the wake of a Grand Jury decision not to indict a New York Police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

"No justice, no peace!" hundreds of protestors chanted as they gathered at Regenstein Library at the University of Chicago in Hyde Park on Thursday. They blocked traffic near 55th and Woodlawn, but broke up the line to let an ambulance pass through.

"Black lives matter," the diverse crowd chanted as some protestors laid down in the street.

Garner, a black man, died after an encounter with New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who is white, on Staten Island. He was stopped on suspicion of selling loose cigarettes in July and told officers to leave him alone before he was placed in Pantaleo's chokehold, witnesses said.

In a video recorded by cell phone, Garner is heard yelling, "I can't breathe."

Another protest is planned in Chicago's Loop at the corner of State and Jackson around 5 p.m.

On Wednesday, thousands of people protested in New York after the announcement. A moment of silence was held in Times Square and earlier demonstrators had lain down on the floor and filled the escalators at Grand Central Terminal.