• After a New York grand announced yesterday that they would not indict the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner with a chokehold, protesters in the city and across the country took to the streeets and chanted his last words, “I can’t breathe.” [New York Times]
• NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio gave a short speech about the failure to indict the officer, citing the “centuries of racism that have brought us to this day.” [NPR]
• In response to the recent high-profile incidents of police brutality, President Obama promises to demilitarize the police and fund body cameras for police officers. [Colorlines]
• … but even filming police violence does not reliably lead to punishment of the officers involved. [The Atlantic]
• A Pew study found that 63 percent of white and 20 percent of black people think that Michael Brown’s death at the hands of Darren Wilson is not about race. “Those people are wrong,” writes Lisa Wade. [Sociological Images]
• Writer Tope Fadiran Charlton explains how Bill Cosby’s alleged assaults hurt more than our feelings. [RH Reality Check]
• Filmmaker Ava Duvernay is vaulting into the mainstream spotlight as the director of new film Selma. [For Harriet]
• And now for something nice: 40 movies about space, ranked from worst to best. [Autostraddle]
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