biracial son to protect himself. not only from criminals, but also from the police. then at the funeral yesterday, the mayor continued to try to reach out to the force. for some of our young people, there s a fear. for so many of our families, there s a fear. so, i ve had to worry over the years, elaine s have-h to worry, is donte safe each night. they re called peace officers because that s that they do, keep the peace. but outside the church, hundreds of police officers turned their back on the screen outside the church showing the words of mayor de blasio. steve, de blasio has unleashed quite a backlash in new york, hasn t he? he has. looking forward i think this is most concern. you have mayor de blasio who ran for office in effect running against tougher policing. he says, yes, it s true, we have peace and security in new york
shooting must involve two investigators from outside the police department. the idea is to keep police officers from being in the position of investigating their fellow officers from the same police force. wisconsin is the first state to do something like this statewide. but it s that state s effort, basically, to mid gait the conflict of interest that can be inhirnt e hir inhisht e hirnt in the way we investigate most of those cases now. donte s case was the first case to be handled under the rules. two were picked to lead the investigation. then, ichb stead of going to a grand jury, the district attorney in milwaukee looked at their work and made the decision himself whether the officer would face charges. now, hamilton s family is questions eed all along whether these ajents were actually ind pen dent.
to charge a white officer in the death of a mentally ill black man. the federal government is looking into this case as well as others. our george howell has the latest on this very latest controversial case. donte was my youngest son. he should have been burying me. reporter: surrounded by friends and family, maria hamilton is speaking out for the first time since learning the former police officer who shot and killed her son will not face criminal charges. for this mother, when you heard the decision of this prosecutor, what did you think? i wasn t surprised. we re prepared for the worst. anytime i have to tell the family that i can t bring justice to them when one of their loved ones has died is always tragic. reporter: district attorney john chism says officer
these are live pictures from grand central terminal in new york. protesters continuing their call tonight for an end to police violence. it s the seventh straight day of demonstrations in the wake of the grand jury decision to not indict the police officer he used to choke hold eric garner. pat lirge, the president of new york s police unit is staunchly defending the decision and eric garner and blasting mayor bill de blasio who spoke bluntly about racism. his wife is african-american and two kids are biracial. here s what he said about his teenage son, donte. shirley and i had to talk to donte for years about the dangers he may face. we had to literally train him as families have all over this city for decades and how to take special care in any encounter he has with the police officers who are there to protect him.
so i ve had to worry over the years, is donte safe each night. there are so many who feel that he have night, is my child safe. and not just from some of the painful realities, crime and violence in some of our neighborhoods, but they say from the very people they want to have faith in as their protectors. now, the thousands of people are taking to streets each night. nypd officers are standing down. most of the time, simply watching as protesters take over major thorough fares and walk through traffic. the head of their union says the mayor is betraying his own police force. what police officers felt yesterday after that press conference is that they were thrown under the bus. that they were out there doing a difficult job in the middle of the night, protecting the rights of those to protest, protecting