The Justice Department will not bring federal charges against a NYPD officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner, the New York man whose last words, 'I can't breathe,' became a rallying cry in the Black Lives Matter movement, three sources say
The Justice Department will not bring federal charges against a New York Police Department officer accused of fatally choking Eric Garner, the New York man whose last words,"I can't breathe," became a rallying cry in the Black Lives Matter movement, three sources familiar with the matter said Tuesday.
Federal authorities had a deadline of Wednesday -- five years since Garner's death -- to decide whether to bring charges against NYPD Officer Daniel Pantaleo. The officer appeared, in a cell phone video, to have Garner in a chokehold shortly before he died. Pantaleo denies that he used a chokehold.
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