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Five years after"I can't breathe," and the police officer who illegally placed Eric Garner in a choke hold has walked away from federal charges. With one day to spare before the incident's statute of limitations expires, the Justice Department has ruled there's"insufficient evidence to prove beyond a reasonable doubt" that Officer Daniel Pantaleo violated federal civil rights law while attempting to arrest Garner in 2014.
Attorney General William Barr made the decision not to charge Pantaleo himself, according to Richard P. Donoghue, the US attorney for the Eastern District of New York, who explained further that the Justice Department had"evaluated Officer Pantaleo's actions in light of his training and experience, Mr. Garner's size and weight and actions to resist arrest in the duration and escalating nature of the interaction.
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