Demonstrations continued Sunday in several cities across the U.S., protesting the recent grand jury decisions failing to charge white police officers for killing unarmed black men.

Hundreds of demonstrators walked out of Chicago churches and into the streets to protest what they consider the unfair and sometimes deadly treatment of black males by white police officers.

Protesters in Miami blocked a portion of a highway, slowing traffic to an international art show in Miami Beach.

Protests also continued in New York, Philadelphia and Seattle.

A peaceful demonstration was staged in Berkeley, California, Sunday after a protest Saturday in the city turned violent with demonstrators clashing with police and looting several businesses.

The latest demonstrations started Wednesday when a New York grand jury failed to indict police officer Daniel Pantaleo for the July chokehold death of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old father of six.

In a video of Garner’s arrest, he can be heard gasping “I can’t breathe” as police held him on the ground.

That decision was announced nine days after a Ferguson, Missouri grand jury chose not to indict Darren Wilson for the shooting death in August of 18-year-old Michael Brown.

New York Police Commissioner Bill Bratton said Sunday an internal investigation into Garner’s death could take up to four months.

The Justice Department is also conducting an investigation to determine if Garner’s civil rights were violated.

New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said Sunday there has to be “an honest conversation” about the history of racism in the U.S. to help bring together police and the community.

Civil rights activist Reverend Al Sharpton has announced plans for a demonstration in Washington Saturday called the National March Against Police Violence to protest the killings of Garner, Brown and others.

The U.N. special rapporteur on minority issues, Rita Izsak, has called for a review of policing in the United States. She said the two grand jury decisions “leave many with legitimate concerns relating to a pattern of impunity when the victims of excessive use of force come from African-American or other minority communities.”

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