#BlackLivesMatter: NYPD officer in Eric Garner death will not be charged - source | IOL News

New York/Washington - Federal prosecutors will not criminally charge a New York Police Department officer in the death of Eric Garner, a black man whose 2014 death played a key role in mobilizing the Black Lives Matter movement, a source familiar with the decision said on Tuesday.

A spokesman for the federal prosecutor's office in Brooklyn declined to comment on the report ahead of the news briefing. A spokesman for New York's Police Benevolent Association union declined to immediately comment on the news. In December 2014, a New York City grand jury voted against charging Pantaleo for killing Garner, which sparked national protests. Medical experts have determined Garner's death was a homicide induced by "compression of neck , compression of chest and prone positioning during physical restraint by police."

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