No charges against New York officer for ‘I can’t breathe’ death of Eric Garner
21 July 2019 |
3:56 pm
The Justice Department will not file charges against a police officer who put Eric Garner in a deadly chokehold. Garner's 2014 death and other cases of police brutality gave rise to the Black Lives Matter movement.
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