Justice Department will not bring charge against NYPD officer in death of Eric Garner
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department will not bring federal charges against a New York City police officer over the death of Eric Garner during a chaotic arrest that ignited nationwide protests five years ago.
Garner, a 43-year-old black man, was accused of selling single cigarettes outside a store on Staten Island when Pantaleo attempted to arrest him. Garner gasped,"I can't breathe," after Pantaleo and other officers knocked him to the ground with Pantaleo holding him around the head and neck. The city medical examiner listed Garner's cause of death as"compression of neck , compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police." The officer's lawyer, Stuart London, and the police union have denied that Pantaleo used a choke-hold maneuver banned by the NYPD.
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