Officer accused of fatally choking eric garner. black lives, they matter here! black lives, they matter here! garner s final words, i don t breathe, became a rallying cry in the black lives matter movement. the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide. attorney general william barr made the decision not to bring charges, siding with a justice department team from new york over the civil rights division in washington. barr said prosecutors could not successfully prove the officer acted willfully. garner s family disagrees. fire him i watched him kill my father for five years they continuously played the video. in the courtroom, play him the video. this man choked my father outside on the street. choked him with no remorse. five years ago my son said i can t breathe 11 times. and today we can t breathe. the nypd has brought
York over the civil rights division in washington. barr said prosecutors could not successfully prove the officer acted willfully. garner s family disagrees. fire him! i watched him kill my father for five years they continuously played the video, in the courtroom, playing the video. this showed this man choked my brother on the street, choked him with no remorse. five years ago my son said, i can t breathe 11 times, and today we can t breathe. the nypd has brought developmental charges against officer daniel pantaleo. commissioner james o neil will make a final decision after he receives a report and recommendation on the city of new york s settlement for $5.9 million in 2015. leaked private messages show homophobia and sexism. now protests have broken out, but puerto rico s governor
I m an imperfect messenger, no doubt about it. and that s why i waited since my primary loss last june. i hope somebody would go, but nobody has, and again friends kept coming to me over the last couple of months saying, look, just give it a try for 30 months and see what happens. and so that s what i m doing. thank you very much for explaining it all to us here on new day. yes, ma am. this is not the end. that s the message from eric gardener s mother after the justice department decided not to pursue charges against the officer who used a choke hold on her son. five years ago my son said i can t breathe 11 times and today we can t breathe. details on the justice department s decision next. wow!
he was killed on the street and this cop is still on the police force. why? because if eric garner did that, he would have been in a [ bleep ] jail cell. five years ago my son said i can t breathe eleven times, and today we can t breathe, because they have let us down. you killed my son and you won t get away with it. i stood quietly by for five years. i m not being quiet anymore. cnn s crime and justice reporter shimon is live. he s been following all of this. you were inside when this announceme announcement came down. why no charges? what are prosecutors saying? well, the bottom line, kate, the u.s. attorney here richard donna hue said the evidence and the law just was not there.
Guard. that s a restraining technique banned by the new york city police department. garner s family met briefly this morning with the u.s. attorney for the eastern district of new york to hear the justice department ruling. something they said they had already learned because of social media. following that meeting, garner s mother said the justice department has failed us, and she demanded that the police be accountable for her son s death. we are here with heavy hearts, because the doj has failed us. we looked for better from them. five years ago, my son said, i can t breathe, 11 times. and today we can t breathe. pushing forward because this is not the end. the decision not to prosecute was made by the attorney general of the united states, william barr. tomorrow marks the fifth anniversary of garner s death. authorities say the statute of limitations on the relevant charges was running out and they