[Justice For Eric Garner]
NY AG James: “For over five years, the Garner family and communities across the country have waited for justice in the death of Eric Garner. While we will never be able to change the events that transpired or bring Mr. Garner back, today, some semblance of justice is finally being served.”
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Eric Garner
ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES: PANTALEO FIRING BRINGS SOME “SEMBLANCE OF JUSTICE” TO GARNER FAMILY
RUTGERS UNIVERSITY STUDY: BLACK MEN NEARLY THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO BE KILLED BY POLICE
[Police Brutality Study]
Professor Frank Edwards: “The inequality is not surprising. All you have to do is turn on the news to see that people of color are at a much greater risk of police-related harm. What we lack in this country are the solid estimates of police-related deaths because there is no official database where this information is stored.”
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NY ATTORNEY GENERAL JAMES SAYS PANTALEO, WHO HAS BEEN SUSPENDED, SHOULD BE FIRED FROM NYPD
[Eric Garner News]
NY Attorney General James: Officer Pantaleo should be removed from his position at the NYPD. I strongly urge Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner O’Neill to follow through on this recommendation and take this overdue, but critical action to ensure our communities finally feel some semblance of justice.”
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POLICE REFORM GROUP CPR IS FIGHTING TO CHANGE RACIAL POLICING IN NEW YORK
[Racial Policing News]
CPR’s Anthonine Pierre: “De Blasio has a lot of things to say about racial justice, when it comes to policing. The question to your readers is: what have they seen happen in the last five years as we have been waiting for justice on this particular [Eric Garner]case?”
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MAYOR DE BLASIO’S TIMID LEADERSHIP ON POLICING HAS FAILED BLACK AND LATINO NEW YORKERS—AND THE NYPD
[Black Star News Editorial]
Mayor Bill de Blasio words of condolences after suicide of police officer are empty without action…
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SHARPTON AND CARR, MOTHER OF NYPD CHOKEHOLD VICTIM, IN DC TO MEET MEMBERS OF CONGRESS
[Criminal Justice News]
Eric Garner mother will travel to Capitol Hill, with Rev. Al Sharpton, to speak with lawmakers in the aftermath of the DOJ’s decision not to file charges against Officer Daniel Pantaleo…
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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND FORMER SAN ANTONIO MAYOR JULIAN CASTRO CALLS DOJ’S ERIC GARNER DECISION “A TRAVESTY”
[Police Brutality News]
Former San Antonio Mayor Julian Castro: “I’m disappointed that the Justice Department is not bringing charges against that officer. We saw a video that showed the officer engaged in excessive force against Eric Garner.”
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ERIC GARNER’S MOTHER CALLS ON MAYOR DE BLASIO TO FIRE COPS WHO KILLED HER SON
[Criminal Justice News]
Eric Garner’s mother, Gwen Carr, says Mayor de Blasio “has been dragging his heels and obstructing accountability at every turn for the past five years.”
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