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NEW YORK — In the wake of a "no bill" decision to indict a Ferguson, Mo. police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager that gained international attention, a New York City grand jury cleared a white police officer Dec. 3 in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, a lawyer for the victim’s family said.
The decision in Staten Island not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo threatened to add to the tensions that have simmered in the city since the July 17 death of Eric Garner — a case that sparked outrage and drew comparisons to the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Missouri. Jonathon Moore, an attorney for the victim’s family, said he was told of the grand jury’s decision. “I am actually astonished based on the vidence of the video tape, and the medical examiner, that this grand jury at this time wouldn’t indict for anything, is really just astonishing,” Moore said.
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Eric Garner choked to death by NYPD on July 17 COURTESY PHOTOS[/caption]
NEW YORK — In the wake of a "no bill" decision to indict a Ferguson, Mo. police officer in the fatal shooting of an unarmed teenager that gained international attention, a New York City grand jury cleared a white police officer Dec. 3 in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, a lawyer for the victim’s family said.
The decision in Staten Island not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo threatened to add to the tensions that have simmered in the city since the July 17 death of Eric Garner — a case that sparked outrage and drew comparisons to the fatal police shooting of 18-year-old Michael Brown in Missouri. Jonathon Moore, an attorney for the victim’s family, said he was told of the grand jury’s decision. “I am actually astonished based on the vidence of the video tape, and the medical examiner, that this grand jury at this time wouldn’t indict for anything, is really just astonishing,” Moore said.
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