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Family of New York chokehold victim renews calls to charge officer
Source: Reuters
US | Tue Jul 14, 2015 5:10pm EDT
Family of New York chokehold victim renews calls to charge officer
NEW YORK | BY EDWARD MCALLISTER
The family of Eric Garner, a black man who died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold a year ago, renewed calls to criminally charge the police officer on Tuesday, a day after the family reached a $5.9 million settlement with New York City.
A grand jury in December declined to indict the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, who placed Garner, 43, in the chokehold, a maneuver banned by the New York City Police Department. A video that a bystander took of the incident sparked protests across the country over police treatment of minority groups.
After the state grand jury declined to indict, then-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in December promised a full investigation into Garner's death.
Nearly one year after Garner's death on New York's Staten Island borough, his widow, Esaw Garner, his mother, Gwen Carr, and three of his children held a press conference on Tuesday in New York alongside civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton.
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Family of New York chokehold victim renews calls to charge officer
NEW YORK | BY EDWARD MCALLISTER
The family of Eric Garner, a black man who died after a white police officer put him in a chokehold a year ago, renewed calls to criminally charge the police officer on Tuesday, a day after the family reached a $5.9 million settlement with New York City.
A grand jury in December declined to indict the officer, Daniel Pantaleo, who placed Garner, 43, in the chokehold, a maneuver banned by the New York City Police Department. A video that a bystander took of the incident sparked protests across the country over police treatment of minority groups.
After the state grand jury declined to indict, then-U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder in December promised a full investigation into Garner's death.
Nearly one year after Garner's death on New York's Staten Island borough, his widow, Esaw Garner, his mother, Gwen Carr, and three of his children held a press conference on Tuesday in New York alongside civil rights leader Reverend Al Sharpton.
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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/14/us-usa-new-york-garner-idUSKCN0PN2NE20150714