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N.Y. cop not indicted in chokehold death
New York (CNN) - A grand jury in New York on Wednesday decided not to indict white police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man.
During the fatal encounter July 17, Garner raised both hands in the air and told the officers not to touch him. Seconds later, a video shows an officer behind Garner grab him in a chokehold and pull him to the sidewalk, rolling him onto his stomach.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Garner said repeatedly, his cries muffled into the pavement.
Garner, 43, was pronounced dead that day. Police had suspected Garner of selling cigarettes illegally.
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Obama on Garner verdict: 'We are not going to let up'
Washington (CNN) - President Barack Obama said Wednesday that he and outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder are "not going to let up" in the effort to solve the problem of racial tensions that exists between law enforcement officers and minorities in communities nationwide. Obama's remarks came soon after a grand jury decided not to indict a white police officer in the July chokehold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man.
"It is incumbent upon all of us as Americans regardless of race, region, faith - that we recognize this is an American problem and not just a black problem or a brown problem or a native American problem - this is an American problem when anybody in this country is not being treated equally under the law that's a problem and it's my job as president to help solve it," Obama said at the sixth annual White House Tribal Nations Conference.
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Does decision in chokehold case undermine call for police body cams?
(CNN) – A grand jury decided Wednesday not to indict New York Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Video of the deadly July incident shows Garner raising both hands in the air and telling officers not to touch him. Seconds later, an officer behind Garner grabs him in a chokehold and pulls him to the sidewalk, rolling him onto his stomach.
"I can't breathe! I can't breathe!" Garner said repeatedly, his cries muffled into the pavement.
"Can you imagine if we didn't have this video what their story would be?" said attorney Benjamin Crump, a lawyer for Michael Brown's family. Crump is also working with the Garner family.
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Are prosecutors too close to police?
(CNN) – Former prosecutor and CNN legal analyst Sunny Hostin said she is shocked by a grand jury decision not to indict a New York City Police Officer Daniel Pantaleo in the chokehold death of Eric Garner.
Part of the problem, she says, is the close relationship prosecutors can have with police officers.
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New York braces for protests in choke hold case
(CNN) – A grand jury in New York on Wednesday decided not to indict white police officer Daniel Pantaleo in the July choke hold death of Eric Garner, an unarmed black man, according to two law enforcement officials.
On the streets of Staten Island, where Garner lived and died, people started gathering at the spot where officers attempted to arrest him and near the prosecutor's officer.
"This is ridiculous," one man said. "This is outrageous."
Staten Island Borough President James Oddo said: "Some folks here on Staten Island - our island, our home - will agree with the results, and many will not. In this matter, the Garner family, the NYPD and the office of the borough president speak with one voice when we say that disagreeing with the conclusion of the grand jury is your absolute right, and so is peacefully protesting the result and advocating for change."
CNN's Alexandra Field reports in the video above.
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