Politicians weighed in heavily after a grand jury decision was announced Wednesday not to indict a New York police officer over the death of Eric Garner in July.
Barack Obama:
[The incident] speaks to the larger issues that weβve been talking about now for the last week, the last month, the last year, and sadly for decades. And that is the concern on the part of too many minority communities that law enforcement is not working with them and dealing with them in a fair way.
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder stated that the Garner and Michael Brown cases will be investigated by the Department of Justice.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand: βThe death of Eric Garner is a tragedy that demands accountability. Nobody unarmed should die on a New York City street corner for suspected low-level offenses.β
NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo: "The circumstances surrounding his death were nothing short of tragic. And while there wil
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