Iowa State students plan a silent protest for Dec. 12 at noon at Parks Library following recent grand jury verdicts in both Michael Brown’s and Eric Garner’s case.

On Dec. 3, a New York City grand jury ruled in favor of a white police officer who killed an unarmed, African-American Garner. 

On July 17, police officers tackled Garner while he was supposedly illegally selling cigarettes on a Staten Island sidewalk. An officer put Garner in a choke hold, The encounter with the group of officers was videotaped and later went viral.

The Washington Post reported the autopsy for Garner was ruled as a homicide. The Department of Justice is investigating the case. 

Dec. 4 marked the second night of protests in New York, Washington, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Minneapolis and elsewhere. Protesters were chanting and holding up signs saying “I can’t breathe,” referring to Garner’s death. 

Across the country, silent “die-ins” have been taking place in public facilities to protest the verdict in Michael Brown’s case. 

President Obama spoke on Dec. 3 after the jury’s decision on Garner, calling for a “strengthening of the trust and a strengthening of the accountability that exists between our communities and our law enforcement.”