Third Night Of US Protests Against Police Killings

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An activist holds up a sign during a protest December 4, 2014 in Washington, DC, against the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers
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New York (AFP) - Thousands of demonstrators marched in major cities across the United States in a fresh wave of protest against the killing of unarmed black men by white police officers.

The latest rallies in a fortnight of growing discontent took place as a New York prosecutor said he would impanel a grand jury to consider charges in one of the cases that has again brought to the fore the distrust felt by many African Americans towards the police.

Akai Gurley, 28, a father of a young daughter, was shot dead when a police officer opened fire in a dimly lit staircase at a Brooklyn apartment building as he walked with his girlfriend late on November 20.

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"It is important to get to the bottom of what happened," he said, giving no timetable for the jury to be appointed, nor for a decision to be reached.