Video After The Jump
The Washington Post reports that Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. will be opening a federal civil rights investigation into the death of Eric Garner. This follows a Staten Island, New York grand jury’s decision not to indict NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo on Wednesday, December 3. Pantaleo used a chokehold banned by the New York Police Department to subdue Garner on July 17, when officers were attempting to arrest him for selling loose cigarettes.
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Garner repeatedly yelled “I can’t breathe” after being taken to the ground by several officers. He later died.
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