A New York City grand jury has declined to indict a white police officer in the case of Eric Garner, a 43-year-old unarmed black man who died July 17 in a police chokehold, a lawyer involved in the case said Wednesday. Jonathon Moore, an attorney for the victims family, said he was told there would be no indictment of officer Daniel Pantaleo. The medical examiner had ruled the death a homicide. Oh my God, are you serious? Esaw Garner, Eric Garners widow, told The (New York) Daily News. Im very disappointed. You can see in the video that he (the cop) was dead wrong! Garner and other family members scheduled a press conference with civil rights leader Al Sharpton for Wednesday night. Mayor Bill de Blasio said he would meet with elected officials, clergy members and activists on Staten Island before holding a press conference later Wednesday. The grand jury decision comes nine days after a grand jury declined to indict a Ferguson, Mo., police officer in the shooting death of an 18-year-old black man, setting off waves of protests across the country. A video of the Staten Island incident drew national attention. Garner, who had asthma, is heard shouting I cant breathe at least eight times as police take him to the ground in what appears to be a chokehold, an action the New York Police Department prohibits. Garner was pronounced dead at a hospital later that night. Carmel Brown youtube/watch?v=j1ka4oKu1jo
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 21:36:54 +0000
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