The case of Eric Garner—the Staten Island man killed in a police chokehold in July 2014 as he gasped “I can’t breathe!,” helping to galvanize the Black Lives Matter movement—continues to make ...

The decision by a grand jury in New York to not indict any officers in the chokehold death of Eric Garner last week crashed into the headlines right on the heels of other, similar incidents across the ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- Mayor Bill de Blasio says the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner case is not the one many in New York City wanted. But the grand jury, after hearing from officer Daniel Pantaleo ...

NEW YORK -- A judge on Thursday refused to release testimony heard by a grand jury that declined to indict a police officer in the chokehold death of Eric Garner, arguing there wasn't a good enough ...

Rep. Peter King (R-NY) followed up on his tweet thanking the grand jury for deciding not to indict the officer who killed Eric Garner with a chokehold by explaining his take on the case to CNN’s Wolf ...

As a black man, I’m outraged by this result. And as a lawyer who defends cases on the criminal side and prosecutes cases on the civil side, I’m appalled. I never expected the grand jury to indict ...

NEW YORK -- A New York City grand jury cleared a white police officer Wednesday in the videotaped chokehold death of an unarmed black man who had been stopped on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed ...

Jon Stewart was more serious than usual Wednesday night, taking on the non-indictment in the Eric Garner case. “I don’t know. I honestly don’t know what to say. If comedy is tragedy plus time, I need ...

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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- In a 25-minute interview with Black Entertainment Television, President Obama said protests over the grand jury decision not to indict a police officer in the death of Eric ...

Four Minneapolis officers involved in the arrest of a Black man who died in police custody were fired Tuesday, hours after a bystander’s video showed an officer kneeling on the handcuffed man’s neck, ...

*Esaw Snipes-Garner, the widow of Eric Garner and a quiet but powerful force in the racial justice movement, died on June 17, 2025, at the age of 58. Her death was confirmed by Rev. Al Sharpton’s ...