President reacts to no indictment in NYC chokehold case

President reacts to no indictment in NYC chokehold case

ROUGH CUT (NO REPORTER NARRATION)br br The President spoke out after a New York grand jury decided not to charge a police officer who killed an unarmed black man with a chokehold while trying to arrest him for illegally selling cigarettes.br br The decision comes just a week and a half after a grand jury in Missouri decided not to indict a white police officer in another racially charged killing of a black man.br br Eric Garner, a 43-year-old father of six, died in a July 17 incident on Staten Island, New York City's smallest borough, after police officers tackled him and put him in a chokehold. The city's medical examiner ruled the death a homicide. The New York Police Department's patrol manual bans chokeholds, calling them dangerous.br br The deadly encounter was captured on a video that quickly spread over the Internet and helped fuel debates about how U.S. police use force, particularly against minorities.


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Uploaded: 2014-12-03

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