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Parts of the Shepherds Bush shopping centre came to a standstill tonight as protesters held a mass ‘die-in’ in solidarity with Eric Garner, an unarmed blackj man who died after he was held in a chokehold by police in New York City.

Demonstrators held placards that read “I can’t breathe” - Mr Garner’s final words as he tried to communicate with the police. When they finally released him, the father-of-six died of a heart attack.

There has been widespread uproar in the USA when, despite a medical examiner ruling that the chokehold was what caused Mr Garner’s death, a grand jury decided that no police officer should face charges.