No Federal Charges for New York Police Officer in Eric Garner's Death

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https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/16/nyregion/eric-garner-case-death-daniel-pantaleo.html

Eric Garner’s Death Will Not Lead to Federal Charges for N.Y.P.D. Officer
The decision came five years after Mr. Garner’s dying words — “I can’t breathe” — became a rallying cry.
By Katie Benner and William K. Rashbaum
July 16, 2019

The Justice Department will not bring federal charges against a New York City police officer in the death of Eric Garner, ending a yearslong inquiry into a case that sharply divided officials and prompted national protests over excessive force by the police, according to three people briefed on the decision.

Federal prosecutors in Brooklyn intend to announce the decision not to bring criminal civil rights charges on Tuesday morning, just one day before the fifth anniversary of Mr. Garner’s death. That is the deadline by which they would have to file some of the possible charges against the officer, Daniel Pantaleo.

The decision extinguishes the hopes of the Garner family and their supporters that Officer Pantaleo might face prosecution in a case that ignited demonstrations and debates over the use of force by police officers and led to changes in policing practices across the United States.

In June, the Police Department finished a disciplinary trial to determine if Officer Pantaleo should be fired or punished in some other way for using what appeared to be a chokehold, which the department had banned more than two decades ago.

[Applegate]

1. Of course not.

No justice for Eric Garner.

[Me.]

2. DISGRACE!