Monday night, the ruling came down that Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson would not be indicted in the shooting death of Michael Brown. 

As CNN broadcast the decision live, I sat in the room with another family who has been deeply impacted by a controversial death at the hands of a law enforcement officer.

The family of Eric Garner, the Staten Island man who died after being placed in a chokehold by an NYPD officer, watched and wept as they listened to the decision. Their sentiment was that if this was how Michael Brown's death was treated, there was no hope for their own case. 

After photographing the Garners alongside the Rev. Al Sharpton, I raced up to Times Square where several hundred protesters had gathered. I found the words "Mike Brown" scrawled across the ground in red dye, presumably the same dye that had been tossed at Police Commissioner William J. Bratton earlier in the evening.

From there, the protesters took to the streets, blocking traffic all across Manhattan and eventually shutting down the Brooklyn Bridge. Here are some moments from Monday night, shot for The New York Times.

Erica Garner, one of the daughters of Eric Garner, and his mother Gwen Carr, react to the results of a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, at the headquarters of the National Action Network, in Harlem. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

Protesters march across the Brooklyn Bridge as they demonstrate in response to a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

NYPD officers lead protestors across the Brooklyn Bridge as they demonstrate in response to a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

Protesters demonstrate in Times Square in response to a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

Protesters prepare signs in Times Square in response to a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

The Rev. Al Sharpton comforts Esaw Garner, the wife of Eric Garner, as they react to the results of a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson, at the headquarters of the National Action Network, in Harlem. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

NYPD officers lead protestors across the Brooklyn Bridge as they demonstrate in response to a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

Protesters demonstrate in Manhattan in response to a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

A protester photographs a demonstration in Manhattan in response to a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times

The words "Mike Brown" are scrawled across the ground in what appeared to be red dye in Times Square in response to a grand jury decision in Ferguson, Missouri, about the fatal shooting of Michael Brown, an unarmed black teenager, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. CREDIT: Sam Hodgson for The New York Times