After-show: Social media's role in Eric Garner protests

364 views · Published 9 December 2014 · 3:20 · Indexed 20 September 2026

Channel: HLN · 2014 · News & Politics

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Protesters continue to fill streets across America, marching over a grand jury's decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric Garner.Social media has played a huge role in their demonstrations. Just last week on Twitter, #ICantBreathe was used over 868,000 times and #EricGarner was used over 1.6 million times.How do you think social media is influencing the protests across America? For more information please visit http://www.hlntv.com/video/2014/12/08/dr-drew-after-show-eric-garner-ferguson-social-media

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