A Decision in the Eric Garner Case

The Daily

The New York Times

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🗓️ 17 July 2019

⏱️ 24 minutes

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One day before the fifth anniversary of Eric Garner’s death at the hands of police officers in New York, the Justice Department said it would not bring federal civil rights charges against an officer involved. We look at that decision. Guest: Ashley Southall, who covers New York for The New York Times. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily. Background reading: Attorney General William P. Barr made the call not to seek a civil rights indictment against Officer Daniel Pantaleo.“The D.O.J. has failed us,” Mr. Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, said. “Five years ago, my son said ‘I can’t breathe’ 11 times. Today, we can’t breathe. Because they have let us down.”

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0:26.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Babaro.
0:33.0	This is The Daily.
0:36.0	Today, the Justice Department will not bring federal charges against the officer involved
0:47.2	in the death of Eric Garner.
0:49.8	Ashley Selthol, on why that decision was reached five years after I can't breathe, became
0:57.2	a national rallying cry.
1:06.8	It's Wednesday, July 17th.
1:13.6	Ashley, tell me what happened on Tuesday.
1:16.3	Good morning.
1:17.3	Thank you for coming today.
1:19.3	So, the United States attorney for the East Enderstice of New York, Richard Donahue, whose
1:25.0	office is based in Brooklyn, but also oversees Staten Island, came out and said,
1:31.2	Before I continue, let me say as clearly and unequivocally as I can that Mr. Garner's
1:38.0	death was a tragedy.
1:41.6	For anyone to die, on just circumstances like these is a tremendous loss.
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