Echoes of Occupy as Eric Garner Protests Continue

There were echoes of Occupy Wall Street as demonstrators hit the streets over the weekend to protest the chokehold death of Eric Garner.

Twenty-three year old Yonah Lieberman participated in a die-in at Grand Central Station. He said he found out about it through some Occupy groups, and on Twitter.

"I'm excited that people are rising up," he said. "I'm excited that there are people in the streets. It really does feel that we're shutting things down and disrupting business as usual."

Rosalinda Garcia had just arrived at the train station from Texas. She stood with her suitcase in hand, as she joined in chants of hands up, don't shoot.

After a busy week, she said it was her first opportunity to show support.

Felton Gwaltney from Queens brought his 10 year-old daughter Tiana.

He said he hoped it would be a teachable moment.

"When stuff doesn't go the way it should, to get out and protest peacefully, that's the way to make change in the world," he said. 

By Sunday, there were hundreds of protestors, down from the thousands who came out after news broke that a grand jury decided not to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo in Garner's death.

As they marched from Union Square through Midtown, protestors practiced the call and response chants that were characteristic of the Occupy movement and streamed into Macy's, Toys 'R' Us, and the Apple Store.