Reactions to Garner Non-Indictment
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From the Right
Politicians Speak Out After Non-Indictment in Garner CasePoliticians 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 we’ve 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.
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From the Center
Obama Says He Will Continue Work to Improve Police, Community RelationsPresident Barack Obama renewed his vow to help improve police and community relations in the aftermath of a New York grand jury’s Wednesday decision not to indict a police officer in the death of a Staten Island man.
Wednesday’s decision by the jury “speaks to the larger issues that we’ve been talking about now for the last week, the last month, the last year and sadly, for decades,” said Mr. Obama, speaking at a Tribal Nations Conference in Washington.
Eric Garner, a Staten Island man, died in July after being...
From the Left
Conservatives Join Outrage Over Grand Jury Decision In Eric Garner's DeathOpinions on the decision reached by a grand jury last week not to indict the police officer who killed 18-year-old Michael Brown largely broke down along partisan lines, with many conservatives agreeing that Darren Wilson should not have faced a trial. But another grand jury's decision not to indict a New York City police officer who placed 43-year-old Eric Garner into a chokehold, resulting in his death, seems to be playing out much differently so far.
The fact that Garner's death was captured on video and that Officer Daniel Pantaleo...
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