and that became an issue in this year s democratic presidential debate. officer pantaleo used a choke hehold pro hiblted by nypd. he did that for seven seconds 11 different times eric garner said he couldn t breathe. he knew what he was doing. he was killing eric garner and yet he has not been brought to justice. that police officer should be off the streets. he should be fired. he should be fired now. the civil rights division of the united states department of justice said charges should have been filed. but this united states department of justice failed and it s because that president did not want the charges to go forward. and they overrode a decision by the civil rights division of the united states. thank you, senator. in that video of officer pantaleo choking eric garner, if that video had not been recorded by a witness watching the arrest, then there would have been no real investigation of
nypd. he did that for seven seconds. 11 different times eric garner said that he couldn t breathe. he knew what he was doing, he was killing eric garner, yet, he has not been brought to justice. that police officer should be off the street. criticism there of the new york mayor, a democrat, another place where there is very serious things that have to be fixed in the minds of many of these voters in this primary that aren t just caused by donald trump. right, and you re absolutely right. look, criminal justice reform has been an issue for a very long time and we need to move faster and move on it a lot quicker. i have to give you credit for talking about the eric garner situation. the family waited for five years. for five years. and you have the attorney general kind of overriding a decision and stepping in in a way that he shouldn t have and it s devastating. and you did, like you said, you had mayor de blasio on stage who should be who should have fired this police officer. he
officer pantaleo used a chokehold that was prohibited by nypd. he did that for seven seconds 11 different times eric garner said that he couldn t breathe. he knew what he was doing, killing eric garner, and yet he has not been brought to justice. that police officer should be off the street. mayor de blasio? mayor de blasio, why is that police officer still on the force, the one who killed eric garner? please respond. well, let me tell you, i know the garner family. they ve gone through extraordinary pain. they re waiting for justice and they re going to get justice. there s going to be justice. i have confidence in that. in the next 30 days in new york, you know why, because for the first time we are not waiting on the federal justice department which told the city of new york that we could not proceed because the justice department was pursuing their prosecution. and years went by and a lot of the pain accrued.
exist. i think cory booker did it a bit hit the president. donald trump is supposed to be who you re running against, not barack obama. we have only been under way here for a little bit, and yet i am told to remind folks who are tuning in perhaps at the top of the 11:00 hour that this is in lieu of the 11th hour, special coverage of night two of the debate that we just witnessed in detroit. and before we continue with our friends and family here in the room i m told chris matthews has the current mayor of new york alongside him. chris? that s right, brian. i ve got bill de blasio here. your honor, thank you. tonight there was a real new york city issue tonight with the new york city police department and julian castro, the former hud secretary. he said as following. he talked about the police officer who had eric garner in the choke hold. he said he knew what he was doing, that he was killing eric garner. what do you make of that? it s a statement about a criminal charge. s
let s go to the core point. eric garner should be alive. there needs to be justice. there hasn t been for fife years. we ll have justice in new york city. getting involved in a criminal matter with your police force. he was aiming in the wrong direction. the question is why did the justice department in five years not act. i asked joe biden that question. he deny answer. he was for two and a half years the second most important person in the administration. when they failed and hold for them. they could bring higher charges. i wish he would just answer that straight up. that was a frustration. the vice president had a chance to set the roar straight. castro saying ta police officer shouldn t be on the force and you should do something about it. we have to understand the due process and i believe it is going to yield justice. i do. it will be very soon.